I found a depiction of the Venus of Willendorf

[tamrock]

This is a interesting little item that was under $3.00. It's a small (3cm tall) fossil ivory carved depiction of the famous paleolithic era sculpture found in Austria in 1908. It's mounted a (7cm tall) beautifully polished stone of a dark granite, along with a green stone of some kind. There is no other information as to who made it or where it's from. You might think it's a bookend, but it's to small for something like that. I think it's just a pretty well made piece of art, possibly a museum souvenir. For under three dollars I wasn't gonna leave it behind. Plus it got me reading a little on this unique archeological find. What the original Venus of Willendorf was representing to the people near the Danube River 25'000 years ago will remain a mystery and one we can only speculate as to why she was created.

 

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[ToddsPoint]

I read an interesting theory that all of these ancient “Venus” statues were representations of black women. It makes sense when you consider the “out of Africa “ timeline.

 

[tamrock]

I read an interesting theory that all of these ancient “Venus” statues were representations of black women. It makes sense when you consider the “out of Africa “ timeline.

They're certainly a mystery that'll remain. I was thinking one time as I did so much driving in my later life, that these figures were a talisman of sort, that a young male would carry until he reached manhood. Once he'd go through a ceremonial rite of passage the figure was then buried. Kinda like, yo mama isn't with you anymore.