The Venus of Lespugue

"I am that which began, out of me the years roll..."

The Venus of Lespugue is one of the masterpieces of Ice Age art. She was found in 1922 by R. and S. de Saint-P'rier in the Cave of Rideaux, at Lespugue in the Haute-Garonne) in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Created from mammoth tusk, the statuette, measures 5.75" high; The front was badly damaged during excavation. It comes from an Upper Perigordian level, dated approximately 21,000 BCE, contemporary to the Gravettian cultural period. The original artifact is part of the collection belonging to the Muse de l'Homme.

More ink has been spilled on the topic of such Venus figurines than on any other Paleolithic artifacts. Many theories abound in both scientific and metaphysical circles about their origins, meaning and purpose. They form a tantalizing portal into our ancient past, which we peer through in an effort to understand our own origins, meaning and purpose. Speculations have included that they were fertility fetishes, gynecological teaching devices, primitive erotica, religious art and/or self portraits or all of the above. 

Product Details
Name: Venus of Lespugue
Size: 5.5" Tall
Product: DIS-MI-VLESPST

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