11.3 Stylized female figure – “fork”

This stylized female body is an abstraction, a fork-like artefact, perforated to be hung. It evokes the figure of a woman, indicating genitals (a short notch at the crotch) and splayed legs.

 

Material: mammoth ivory

Dimensions (height): 81 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