Carved from mammoth tusk between 42,000 and 40,000 years ago, this palm-sized figure is the oldest undisputed image of a human being. Her breasts, belly and vulva are hugely enlarged, her short arms rest on her stomach, and she has no head. Archaeologists from Tübingen found her in 2008 in a cave in southwest Germany, close to a flute made from a vulture bone.
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In place of a head is a pierced loop, so the figure may have been worn as a pendant. Fine incised lines run across the belly and arms.
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