27 août 14000 av. J.-C. - Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

Description:

Date: 14,000 - 7,000 B.C.E.

Artist: unkown

Medium: bone

Location:
Original: Tequixquiac, Mexico
Current: National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico

Function:
Intended function and original meaning unknown. Prehistoric artisans what they saw in their everyday life. Study and depiction of animals was common in prehistoric art

Form:
made from the now fossilised remains of the sacrum the triangular pelvic bone of a camelid. Carved into a shape of a skull.