Venus of Petřkovice

23,000 BP

Hematite (iron ore) figurine depicting a slender female form, originally covered in red ochre.

Discovered in 1953 in Czech Silesia, 4.6 cm tall, known as Landeck Venus.

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23,000 BP

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