Photo: Official of the provincial museum introduces stone
artifacts of Hoa Binh Culture
Tan said the most feature of Hoa Binh Culture is the collection of tools made
from pebbles. By combining technical methods of splitting, grinding, cutting,
hewing, sawing, residents of Hoa Binh Culture has made many tools such as long
and short blades and axes, stone hoe, hinged axe with shoulder. They also made
some tools from pieces of stones, bones, horns and shells. These are
rudimentary tools, bearing the value of a unique prehistoric culture.
"Hoa Binh Culture is defined as a link between the old stone age (Son Vi
Culture) and the new stone age (Bac Son Culture)".
Next to the space for stone-age artefacts is a display of "Fine Arts in
Hoa Binh Culture", which proves that artistic activities of Hoa Binh
Culture appeared. If visitors look closely at each object, they could see some
patterns engraved on stones or bones, mostly geometric patterns such as
parallel lines, concentric circles or simple drawings such as water waves, comb
teeth, fish bone. Besides art, residents of Hoa Culture Binh had their own
aesthetics concept. They knew how to make simple and vivid jewelries. From
bones and shell fishes, they knew how to drill hole and cross thread to make
delicate and pretty bracelets, necklaces, earrings.
In the "Cave Model” space, the museum relived part of lives of prehistoric
people of Hoa Binh Culture.
The display was part of celebrations for the 85th anniversary of the world’s
recognition of Hoa Binh Culture. In 2017, the museum showcased outstanding
values of Hoa Binh Culture, with hundreds of stone artefacts – "messengers of
time” over the past hundreds of thousands of years imbued with Hoa Binh Culture
– an attractive prehistoric culture that contains mysterious and long-lasting
values.
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