[1] The plaques were found in Southern Siberia, in an unknown location somewhere in the area between modern Kazakhstan and the Altai Mountains.

[2][3] The plaques belonged to the broadly-defined Scythian Animal style, and are relatively late examples of this kind of ornaments.

[2] Frankfort also mentions stylistic parallels with the Saksanokhur gold buckle, particularly the hairstyle.

[5] The plaques were cast in textile, as shown by textile marks on the back, and were inlaid with blue glass paste imitating turquoise and coral, while the eyes are inset with black stones.

[2][1] The plaques were part of the archaeological presents sent by Matvey Gagarin [ru], Governor of Siberia in Tobolsk, to Peter the Great in Saint-Petersburg in 1716.