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This figurine was made as an instrument. Click to listen the sound it makes.
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THE VENUS WITH CURLS
A mystical, small figurine makes us wonder how important was a hairstyle in the paleolithic period of Pelješac.
Two figurines found in remote graves help us to understand how much this community was involved in the making of figurines and their preservation.Is it too much to say; preserving the tradition of "producing" figurines? Their similarity is inexplicable; they were certainly not shaped by the same hands, but their similarity is very interesting. They are incredibly close in size, in body shape and emphasis on the breasts resting on a belly that starts high, in the pelvic bones or rather transitions, hips and small legs. Their proportions make for a strange match.
A small, reddish brown figurine is mostly made of and decorated with round chunks of clay. On the back of her head - the tiniest balls of clay shaping hair - or perhaps, a headpiece?
It is made about 11 800 B.C. and it is only 7.8 centimeters tall.







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