Ivory beads in south German Aurignacian sites (Hahn 1986), also radio-carbon dated at Gei·enklîsterle to between 34- and 32,000 years ago, are substantially different, although the basic principle of reducing an ivory baton was the same. In the case of Gei·enklîsterle a baton semi-cylindrical in section was circumincised and snapped. The blank was then thinned and perforated by gouging. In this case however (Figure 7), two holes separated by a bulge were dug into the blank. This type of bead is as unknown in France as the basket-shaped form is in Germany.
Fig. 7: Schematic representation of the production sequence for manufacturing two-holed beads in ivory from Geißenklösterle (after Hahn1986)