Material: hematite
Dimensions (height): 48 mm
Exhibit type: copy of original (plaster)
Archaeological site: Petřkovice near Ostrava, Silesia
Collection: Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Brno v.v.i., Czech Republic
The three original fragments create a small, 4.8 cm high torso, with a missing right breast. It represents a young slim woman, whose small belly perhaps shows us the earliest signs of pregnancy. With its slender and almost “cubist” shape, it differs from the other Palaeolithic Venus figures.