4,400-year-old shaman’s ‘snake staff’ discovered in Finland

AndronETalksNews
NB News
By Tom Metcalfe
June 29, 2021
A 4,400-year-old life-size wooden snake unearthed in Finland may have been a staff used in “magical” rituals by a Stone Age shaman, according to a study released Monday.
The lifelike figurine, which was carved from a single piece of wood, is 21 inches long and about an inch thick at its widest, with what seems to be a very snake-like head with its mouth open.
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