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Pazyryk Swan: A 2,300-year-old plush swan from Siberia tied to the 'creation of the universe'

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The Pazyryk Swan figurine dates to the fifth or fourth century B.C. It is made from reindeer wool and stuffed with wooden sticks.

The figurine was found in a burial mound in the Altai Mountains of Russian Siberia .

Curators think the swan symbolized life in three spheres: air, land and water.