M0000441: Female Paleolithic figurine: Venus of Lespugue
- Date:
- 1929
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/5/26
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: A female Paleolithic figurine, Lespugue Goddess
Description
Photograph of the front, side and back views of a female Paleolithic figurine carved from mammoth ivory in 30000-20000 BC, known as the Venus of Lespugue. The object was found in the cave of Les Rideaux at the foothills of the Pyrenees in France. The object is held by the Musée de l'Homme in France. The original glass plate negative created in 1929 from which this digital image was taken no longer exists.
Publication/Creation
1929
Physical description
1 image file
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request