11.2 Stylized female figure – “stick with breasts”

Stick decorated with linear incisions to create a stylized female figure with strongly accentuated breasts. By changing our viewing angle we can see that the symbol also encodes the male principle – the female figure transforms into a symbol of male genitalia. The upper part of the stick has been reconstructed, and may originally have contained an eyelet for suspending it.

 

Material: mammoth ivory

Dimensions (height): 87 mm

Exhibit type: copy of original (plaster)

Archaeological site: Dolní Věstonice I (Dolní Věstonice, Moravia)

Collection: Moravian Museum in Brno, Czech Republic

Photo: M. Frouz