Upper Paleolithic Venus Figurines

Venus of Willendorf, c. 28,000-25,000 BCEImage source: http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2012/03/08/venus-of-willendorf/

Venus of Hohle Fels, c. 35,000-40,000 BCEPhoto: H. Jensen © Universität Tübingen. Image source: http://donsmaps.com/hohlefelsvenus.htm

Venus von Moravany, Mammoth Ivory, 22 000 - 24 000 Slovak Academy of Sciences in NitraImage source: http://www.donsmaps.com/moravanyvenus.html

Female Figurine (Venus of Kostenki), c. 23,000- 21,000 BCE Limestone; Hermitage Museum

Venus figurine from KostenkiImage source: http://donsmaps.com/kostenkivenus.html

Venus of Laussel, c. 25,000- 23,000 BCE Limestone; 17”Dordogne, France (Musee d’Aquitaine, Bordeaux)

Venus of Dolni Vestonice Molded of clay and bone ash; 4 1/2 “ Dolni Vestonice, Czechoslovakia, 34000-26500 BChttp://donsmaps.com/dolnivenus.html

Venus of Lespuge, Mammoth tusk carving, 18.000 BCEImage source: https://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/cro-magnon-clothing-a-venus-not-in-furs/

Savignano VenusImage source:

http://www.donsmaps.com/savignanovenus.html