Venus of Willendorf
Austrian Venus figurine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Venus of Willendorf is an 11.1-centimetre-tall (4.4 in) Venus figurine estimated to have been made around 29,500 years ago.[1][2] [3] It was recovered on 7 August 1908 from an archaeological dig conducted by Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Josef Bayer at a Paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria.[4][5] The figurine was found by a workman named either Johann Veran[6] or Josef Veram[7] and is carved from an oolitic limestone that is not local to the area, and tinted with red ochre. It is in the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria as of 2003[update].[8]
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Venus of Willendorf | |
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Material | Oolitic limestone |
Created | c. 25,000 BP |
Discovered | 7 August 1908, near Willendorf, by Josef Szombathy |
Present location | Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria |
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