An ivory figurine with a weathered surface, shown in a museum setting, with exaggerated breasts, rounded hips, short limbs, and a small ring-like loop at the top where the head would be.

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   Nina Willburger (ninawillburger@social.anoxinon.de)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jul-2026 16:15:51 JST Nina Willburger

   The so-called Venus of Hohle Fels (a cave on the Swabian Jura) was carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. The 6cm figurine is the world’s oldest known representation of a human. It lacks a head. Instead, a carved ring is placed above the shoulders. The ring preserves polish, suggesting that the figurine was worn as a pendant.

   On display at our branch museum Urmu Blaubeuren.

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