Back to Don's Maps
Back to Venus figures from the Stone Age
The Savignano Venus
The Savignano Venus is from the north Italian plain, and is 22cm high. It is made of serpentine, and arms are indicated only, across the breasts. Found in 1925 at Savignano sul Punaro, near Modena. The figurine was buried a metre deep in alluvial deposits devoid of archaeological context. For this reason, the dating is uncertain, but most authorities include it in the Upper Paleolithic , based on stylistic comparisons with other known venus figurines.
 |
The Savignano Venus This venus is from the north Italian plain, and is 22cm high. It is made of serpentine, and arms are indicated only, across the breasts. Found in 1925 at Savignano sul Punaro, near Modena Photo: T. Powell 'Prehistoric Art' |
Savignano Venus.
Age: 25 000 - 15 000 BP (?)
Dimensions: Height 225 mm, width 50 mm, depth 65 mm
Photo: Don Hitchcock 2008
Source: Facsimile in the Venusium, a museum at Willendorf in Austria.
Savignano Venus.
Photo: Don Hitchcock 2008
Source: Facsimile in the Vienna Natural History Museum
Savignano Venus.
Photo:Vincent Mourre
Date: 22 March 2006
Permission: GNU Free Documentation License
Source: Musée Pigorini de Rome
The Savignano Venus from the side.
Source:
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/savignano.html