"La Poire" / Venus of Brassempouy

EU2584

From: France | Landes | Brassempouy

Curatorial Section: European

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Object Title "La Poire" / Venus of Brassempouy
Object Number EU2584
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lower Aurignacian
Provenience France | Landes | Brassempouy
Locus Grotte de Pape
Period Lower Aurignacian | Modern
Date Made 1920-1923 CE
Section European
Materials Mammoth Ivory | Plaster
Iconography Woman
Description

Original Card: Cast - Fragment of a female figurine. Original in mammoth ivory. Erassempony (Lauies). Aurignacian.

Revised Card: Female figurine Cast - Original in mammoth ivory. France, Landes, Brassempouy. Lower Aurignacian.

Height 8.2 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Reproductions made by the Musee de St. Germain, France, 1923
Other Number MAN 47333 - Original Number

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