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| |  | ODDS & ENDS / OTHER CULTURES | Home » » Venus of Willendorf Prehistoric Goddess | | | | | | | Description: | | Natural History Museum, Vienna. 30,000 B.C. The Venus of Willendorf was found by the researcher Szombathy on 8/7/1908. It is made out of limestone and still has some signs of red pigmentation; it fits in the palm of a hand. It is one of the most obese representations of the Paleolithic statuary. She represents the Earth and its fertility and continuation of life, the Mother Goddess, the universal female principle even if it is in its most primitive conception. Women were recognized as the life-givers and sustainers. They were revered as priestesses. Upper Paleolithic female figures, such as this one are found from the Pyrenees mountains to Siberia, indicating that East and West were once united in honoring the Goddess. The vast majority (over 90%) of human images from 30,000 to 5,000 B.V. are female. | | | Features: | |
• Size: 8"H (20cm)
• Material: bonded stone
• Type: Precision Museum Store Company replica/reproduction statue
• Weight: 2 lbs, ship wt: 4 lbs, ship box: 15x11x10
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Height:
| 8.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 15.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 11.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 10.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Great replica!Feb 04, 2010
By T. Felshaw
I'm pleased with the quality of this replica. It sets nicely on a livingroom shelf with some other artifact replicas. It's a nice size for what I'm using it for. I like the marble base on which it's set.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 poorly proportionedFeb 27, 2010
By Lisa Hammond
Maybe any Venus of Willendorf reproduction would be a problem because she's not originally meant to stand unsupported (maybe propped up in sand, maybe leaned in a niche?). But this one is proportionally all wrong--the neck, torso, legs are far too long, the stomach not wide enough, just off altogether. A friend who knew of my interest in the Venus gave this replica to me as a gift, but I would never have bought it--every time I look at it, it just looks wrong.
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