Introduction In the process of systematization of bone combs from medieval monuments of the Permian Urals, the need for a more detailed analysis of the group of these products with a back decorated with carved animal figures was revealed. L. A. Golubeva attributed them to the characteristic ethnic ornaments of the Finno-Ugric population of the Middle Volga region and partly the Kama region (1979, p. 60). According to O. A. Kondratieva, the range of these ridges stretches in a wide strip from the Kama Region to the Velikaya River, not going north beyond the southern shore of Lake Ladoga [1981]. However, the researchers did not indicate either the place of origin of this group of ridges, or the path of distribution. The typology proposed by L. A. Go Lubeva in due time requires clarification due to the expansion of the source base. Classification of zoomorphic crests To date, we have collected data on 105 zoomorphic ridges. According to the generally accepted classification, these are solid one-sided crests with a high back. All of them are made of a flat horn plate, the upper end of which is ornamented, elongated vertically, rectangular or trapezoidal in shape (Golubeva, 1979, p. 58). Each comb has its own distinctive features, which indicates that there is no mass-produced craft production of these ornaments. Crests of this group are classified according to the features of the design of the carved figured part of the back (full or partial image of animals, their position relative to each other, greater or lesser degree of stylization, etc.); the nature of additional ornamentation served as the basis for identifying subtypes. In general, this classification, if possible, correlated with the one proposed by L. A. Golubeva. Subgroup 1 (according to the classification of L. A. Golubeva type 1 and a group of crests with the image of bears) - the back of the crest is designed in the form of a pair of carved figures of animals in growth, facing each other (13 copies, Fig. 1 ... Read more