Material: mammoth ivory
Dimensions (height): 150 mm
Exhibit type: copy of original (plaster)
Archaeological site: Lespugue, Grotte des Rideaux, France
Collection: Museum of Mankind,Paris, France
Reconstruction of the venus
10.5 Venus of Lespugue
A highly stylized figurine carved from a mammoth tusk, which apparently takes as its central motif heaped, egg-like shapes suggesting the buttocks, breasts and head.
