This sculpture, modelled in clay and then baked, was found at Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic. The torso is all that survives of this male baked earth sculpture. The correctly proportioned stump of a penis is positioned at the base of the torso and above the parted legs. This piece is dated at roughly 26,000 years BP.

Moravské Museum Brno.

Culture taking its name from the La Gravette site, Dordogne, France, and lasted from about 28,000 years ago until 22,000 years ago. Original elements in Gravettian cave art include the use of hand stencils, and the type of female statuette widely but incorrectly known as 'Venus' first appear in the portable art of this period.

Source: Dr Jean Clottes

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