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9.4 Mineral pigments and a reconstruction showing their production
Covering the dead with a red dye is a typical feature of burial rites in the Upper Palaeolithic.
10.1 Carving of male figure assembled as a puppet
It was discovered on the street Francouzskáin central Brno, in the ritual grave of a man (Brno 2 site) in 1891.
10.2 Venus of Petřkovice
The Petřkovice Venus (a.k.a. in Czech as the “Landecká venuše” or “Red Venus”) was discovered in 1953 by Bohuslav Klíma beneath a mammoth molar beside a hearth a surface covered in red…
10.3 Venus of Pavlov
This small ivory figurine is often referred to as the “Venus of Pavlov” and represents the torso of a female figure with pronounced breasts.
10.4 Venus of Věstonice
The Venus of Věstonice (also the “Black Venus”) is a ceramic statue of a naked woman was found in the upper part of the Dolní Věstonice I archaeological site.
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.