This is a bear figurine with a realistic head. On the abdomen near the hind legs, a short longitudinal ridge shows its male sex. A dark brown stripe stretches from the forehead across the head to the back along the spine. The sacred meaning of the image of the bear is determined by its life cycle. He hibernates, disappears, and then appears in the spring (just like the Moon disappears and appears). The image of a bear could be one of the hypostases of a certain deity.
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