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Aurignacian
41000 BC - 26000 BC
Palaeolithic+Europe
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Orans (hands upraised posture) half-animal/half-human figure in ivory.
State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, Baden-Württemberg
Category: SculptureMaterial: Mammoth ivoryDimensions: Height 38 mm, width 14 mm, thickLocation: GeissenklösterleAttribution: By Thilo Parg - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30552448Collection: N/A
Gravettian
31000 BC - 19000 BC
Palaeolithic+Europe
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Palaeolithic+Steppe
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Moravské zemské muzeum (Moravian Museum), Czech Republic. Female Figure with pendulous breasts. Mother Goddess statue.
Category: SculptureMaterial: Fired clayDimensions: H 111 mmm (4.4 in),W 43 mm (1.7Location: Dolní VěstoniceAttribution: Petr Novák, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2682270Collection: N/A
Gravettian
31000 BC - 19000 BC
Palaeolithic+Europe
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Palaeolithic+Steppe
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Mother Goddess Figure / venus / female figurine. Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna
Category: SculptureYear: 25000 BCMaterial: Oolitic limestoneDimensions: H11.1cmLocation: WillendorfAttribution: Don Hitchcock - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16414348Collection: N/A
Gravettian
31000 BC - 19000 BC
Palaeolithic+Europe
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Palaeolithic+Steppe
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Mother Goddess Figure, venus figurine, female.
Musée de lHomme, Paris, France.
Category: SculptureYear: 25000 BCDimensions: H150 mmLocation: LespugueAttribution: By Jos?-Manuel Benito - Own work
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2046658Collection: N/A
Natufian culture
13000 BC - 9500 BC
Palaeolithic+Near East
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Neolithic+Near East
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Schematic human figure made of pebbles, from Eynan (Ain Mallalah), Early Natufian
Israel Museum Stone Age Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Category: SculptureYear: 12000 BCMaterial: PebblesLocation: Ain MallahaAttribution: By Gary Todd - https://www.flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/43166
Licence: CC0 1.0[🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78717258Collection: N/A
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
10000 BC - 6500 BC
Neolithic+Near East
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This example, known to the BM as Micah, is one of many from the Ain Ghazal cache. The eyes are painted with bitumen and there is a green mineral pigment residue, dioptase.
Category: SculptureMaterial: Lime plaster, reed armatureLocation: Ain GhazalAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Reference: MicahCollection: The British Museum
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
10000 BC - 6500 BC
Neolithic+Near East
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This example, known to the BM as Noah, is one of many from the Ain Ghazal cache. The eyes are painted with bitumen and there is a green mineral pigment residue, dioptase
Category: SculptureMaterial: Lime plaster, reed armatureLocation: Ain GhazalAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Reference: NoahCollection: The British Museum
Pre-Pottery Neolithic
10000 BC - 6500 BC
Neolithic+Near East
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This example, known to the BM as Heifa, is one of many from the Ain Ghazal cache. The eyes are painted with bitumen and there is a green mineral pigment residue, dioptase.
Category: SculptureMaterial: Lime plaster, reed armatureLocation: Ain GhazalAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Reference: HeifaCollection: The British Museum
Halaf culture
6100 BC - 5500 BC
Neolithic+Near East
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painted terracotta Mother Goddess Figure / venus figurine.
Category: SculptureMaterial: TerracottaDimensions: H. 8.20 cm; W. 5 cm; D. 5.40 cmLocation: HalafAttribution:
Licence: [🡭]Reference: AO 21095, AOCollection: The Louvre
Hamangia culture
5250 BC - 4500 BC
Found in Cernavodă, Constanța, Romania. Collected by the National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest. Male figure.
Category: SculptureMaterial: Fired clayDimensions: H 4.5 in, W 2.9 inAttribution: By 三猎 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47577583Collection: N/A
Hamangia culture
5250 BC - 4500 BC
Sitting female figure.
Category: SculptureMaterial: Fired clayAttribution: By 三猎 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47567657Collection: N/A
Badari Culture
5000 BC - 4000 BC
Neolithic+Egypt
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Location G64/2
Category: SculptureMaterial: Hippopotamus ivoryDimensions: H 14 W 3.8 D 2.2 cm Weight: 114Location: El-BadariAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: EA59648Collection: The British Museum
Badari Culture
5000 BC - 4000 BC
Neolithic+Egypt
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Human female figure carved in ivory. Atlas 682
Category: SculptureMaterial: IvoryAttribution: Unknown, CC BY-SA 1.0
Licence: [🡭]Reference: Https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47210Collection: The Louvre
Naqada culture
4400 BC - 3000 BC
Ancient+Egypt
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Neolithic+Egypt
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The earliest three-dimensional representations of humans from ancient Egypt have been found in graves of the Predynastic period, Naqada I, 4000-3600 BC. It is thought that their presence was to provide magical support for the owners rebirth and regeneration.(BM)
Category: SculptureMaterial: Bone, lapis lazuliDimensions: 11.4cmLocation: NaqadaAttribution: British Museum
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0[🡭]Image note: Background croppedReference: EA 32141Collection: The British Museum
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