# Amulet in the Form of a Seated Figure with Bovine Head

- Date: c. 4700–2920 BCE
- Medium: jade (nephrite)
- Classification: Jade
- Dimensions: 14.6 x 6 x 4.1 cm (5 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Northeast China, Neolithic period, probably Hongshan culture (4700–2920 BCE)
- Credit line: Gift of Severance A. Millikin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.628)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.628/1953.628_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

With a bovine head and four horns, this seated figurine was a powerful ritual and shamanic symbol. Drill holes above its shoulders form two interconnected perforations for suspension, suggesting that the jade was originally used as a pendant, presumably by the shaman performing the tasks of journeying to and communicating with the supernatural realms.