Female Ivory Figurine

Ritual use

Gravettian

Gravettian
Around 29 000 years

Commentary : 

Gravettian sites in southwestern France have yielded mammoth ivory figurines.

The ivory used to make the female figurine from Lespugue, in the Pyrenees, comes from the core of a compact and homogeneous tusk.

The Venus of Lespugue is represented in a way that is both realistic and abstract.

The main volumes of the breasts, belly and buttocks are perfectly integrated into the geometry of such a stylized figure.

This female representation can be considered the masterpiece of a talented Gravettian sculptor who lived 29 000 years ago.