VENUS OF MAL'TA, ANCIENT PALEOLITHIC FEMALE FIGURINE

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The Mal'ta Buret' figurines were found in Siberia, Russia. There are about 29 figurines that have been found in total. This is one of them. Carved from the tusk ivory of a mammoth, these images were typically highly stylized and often involved embellished and disproportionate characteristics (typically the breasts or buttocks). This one is made of mammoth tusk ivory and is dated to 20,000 BCE, which places it in upper Paleolithic times. These figurines are on display at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. 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 in the 1980's. 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.