VENUS OF Dolní Věstonice, ANCIENT PALEOLITHIC FEMALE FIGURINE

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The Venus of Dolní Věstonice is a ceramic statuette of a nude female figure dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE. It was found at the Paleolithic site Dolní Věstonice in the Moravian basin south of Brno, in the base of Děvín Mountain. This figurine and a few others from locations nearby are the oldest known ceramic articles in the world. This figurine has a clay body fired at a relatively low temperature (500 °C - 800 °C), and follows the general morphology of the other Venus figurines: exceptionally large breasts, belly and hips, perhaps symbols of fertility, relatively small head and little detail on the rest of the body. A tomograph scan in 2004 found a fingerprint of a child estimated at between 7 and 15 years of age, fired into the surface. Once on display at the Moravian Museum in Brno, it is now protected and only rarely accessible to the public. Stand is included. This STL was made from a high resolution scan of the original cast of this ancient figurine, while it was being exhibited in the Czech Republic 10 years ago. I spent two years tracking down these casts and making these scans using the latest high resolution (<25 microns) scanner and this is the most accurate and VIRTUALLY ONLY museum quality exact recreation of the original Venus figurine you can find.