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- Edouard Piette (archaeologist) was the first who used steatopygous (extreme acculmulation of fat on the buttocks) to describe "Venus" figurines.He related to the appereances of women in African tribes.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Piette
- Small markings on her wrists seem to indicate the presence of bracelets.
- Big breasts and stomach shows female procreativity and nurture.It also identified as some sort of fertility idol.
- Lack of face regarded as an anonymous sexual object rather than a person.Her physical body and what it represents that is more important.
- Rows of plaited hair wrapped around her head looked like fiber-based woven hat
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- Her face looked down with her chin sunk to her chest.Her hair looked like hair, longer at back and gathering like real hair might on her upper back.It significant that the number of full circles is 7.Many thousands of years later 7 was regarded as a magic number.
A large number of prehistoric statues found throughout Europe have been of women and share common features (obese or pregnant). Those Venus figures are believed to have been used in rituals and fertility rites.
They were carved from soft stone, bone or ivory or formed from clay and fired.
Venus of Schelklingen maybe the oldest sculpture ever found, estimated age of at least 35000 years.
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