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Venus of Willendorf

Upper Paleolithic, 28000 – 25000BCE
Venus of Willendorf, Upper Paleolithic
Venus of Willendorf, zoomed in
11.1 cmVenus of Willendorf scale comparison

Venus of Willendorf is an Upper Paleolithic Limestone Sculpture created between 28000BCE and 25000BCE. It lives at the Vienna Museum of Natural History in Vienna. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Fertility, Women, Sculpture and Artifact. See Venus of Willendorf in the Kaleidoscope

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