The Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf or simply Nude Woman, acc to Wikipedia:
- 4.3 in-high statuette of a female figure - 24,000 to 22,000 BCE.
- discovered 1908.
- paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Austria.
- oolitic limestone that is not local to the area.
- tinted with red ochre.
- Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.[2]
- never had feet and does not stand on its own.
- large size of the breasts and abdomen and the detail in the vulva have led scholars to interpret the figure as a fertility symbol.
- nickname, urging a comparison to the classical Venus, is now controversial.
- hypothesis that the figurines may have been created as self-portraits.
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