| Venus of Petřkovice | |
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 Replica of Venus of Petřkovice | |
| Material | Hematite |
| Size | Height: 4.5 cm |
| Created | 25,000 years |
| Discovered | 14 July 1953 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
| Discovered by | Bohuslav Klíma |
| Present location | Brno, Czech Republic |
The Venus of Petřkovice (Czech: Petřkovická venuše or Landecká venuše) is a pre-historic Venus figurine, a mineral statuette of a nude female figure, dated to about 23,000 BCE (Gravettian industry) in what is today the Czech Republic.
Discovery
It was found within the current city limits of Ostrava (Ostrava-Petřkovice) in the Czech Republic, by archaeologist Bohuslav Klíma on 14 July 1953. It was beneath a mammoth molar at an ancient settlement of mammoth hunters. Many stone artifacts and skeletal fragments were also found nearby.
Features
The statue measures 4.5 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm and is a headless torso of a woman carved from iron ore (hematite). Uniquely, the absence of the head appears to be the author's intention. Also, unlike other prehistoric Venus figurines, it shows a slender young woman or girl with small breasts.
Location
It is now in the Archeological Institute, Brno, but between 7 February - 26 May 2013 it was displayed in the exhibition Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind, at the British Museum in London.
See also
References
- Leslie G. Freeman (ed.), Views of the Past: Essays in Old World Prehistory and Paleanthropology, Mounton Publishers, 1978, ISBN 90-279-7670-8.
- "Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind". Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
External links
| Venus figurines in prehistoric art | |
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| Acheulean (disputed) | |
| Aurignacian | |
| Gravettian | |
| Magdalenian | |
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