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An #IceAge masterpiece: the oldest known representation of a bird.
The small carving (4.7cm) of a water bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a diver, cormorant, or duck.
Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura.
On display at our branch museum Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren.

Photo: Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

Further information (including 3D model)
https://www.urmu.de/digitale-sammlung/objekt/wasservogel-1977-0119-9000-9000-1

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