Photo:
(above) T. Powell 'Prehistoric Art'
(below) P. Bahn 'Prehistoric Art'
(above) T. Powell 'Prehistoric Art'
(below) P. Bahn 'Prehistoric Art'
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This miniature head (3.5 cm, (1.5 inches) was carved from ivory. Found at Brassempouy, Landes, France. It may be 30 000 years old. It is one of the few Ice Age figures with facial features and a detailed hairstyle. It is the original for the 'Ayla' head from Jean Auel's Earth Children series of books. Some doubt its authenticity, since it was recovered at a dig where the workers were paid by what they discovered. Photo: (above) T. Powell 'Prehistoric Art' (below) P. Bahn 'Prehistoric Art' |
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Venus de Brassempouy, photographed at the Musée des Antiquités Nationales, now known as the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale.
Despite this impeccable provenance, the sculpture looks like a museum quality facsimile to me.
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This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.
Description: Venus de Brassempouy.jpg
Date: 2009(2009)
Source:Own work by uploader, photographed at the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale
Author: PHGCOM
Permission: (Reusing this file): Licensing: Public domain
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This is a reconstruction of what the original Venus of Brassempouy may have looked like.
The artist has imagined a heavy net over the hair, giving the effect of both a hat and braided hair.
Artist: Illustration © Libor Balák
Photo: http://www.iabrno.cz/agalerie/gravett.htm