Matt Hodgkinson<p>This isn't a modern plushie!</p><p>Possibly depicting a swan, it was made from felt by Scythians of the Pazyryk culture, 252-238 BCE. It's in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. <a href="https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/museums/shm/shmpazyryk.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">depts.washington.edu/silkroad/</span><span class="invisible">museums/shm/shmpazyryk.html</span></a></p><p>via<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/100090280847320/posts/pfbid02UkevE9pU4MsasmJuEPWwHq37VtMAYJRihyZEidEzVAc4f2J35g67Ws4aWA9GoDFbl/?app=fbl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/100090280847320/p</span><span class="invisible">osts/pfbid02UkevE9pU4MsasmJuEPWwHq37VtMAYJRihyZEidEzVAc4f2J35g67Ws4aWA9GoDFbl/?app=fbl</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScythianArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScythianArt</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Pazyryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pazyryk</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Plushie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plushie</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Swans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swans</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Felting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Felting</span></a></p>