Sculptures of the Ice Age Exploring the Deeper History of Art Bradshaw Foundation
Sculptures of the Ice Age Exploring the Deeper History of Art Bradshaw Foundation
Sculptures of the Ice Age Exploring the Deeper History of Art Bradshaw Foundation
Sculptures of the Ice Age
Sculptures of the Ice Age - Exploring the Deeper History of Art
Nude Woman
Solutrean 20,000 years old

Nude Woman Sculptures of the Ice Age
The Barma Grande sculpture of a nude woman has been carved from soft yellow steatite stone. Thought to be about 20,000 years old, she was discovered in the Barma Grande Cave in Grimaldi, Italy. Her bowed head is without features. At her back, hair falls down between her shoulders. Thin tapered arms curve in below her breasts, which lie above a prominent oval stomach and broad hips. Below the stomach a well-defined Y-shaped groove indicates the top of the thighs and the sexual triangle. Her buttocks are also marked by a deep groove. The figure is depicted postnatal.

Musée d’Archéologie Nationale et Domaine, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris.

Dimensions

 
Height : 4.7 cm
 
Width : 2 cm
 
Thick : 1.2 cm
 

Solutrean

Culture which succeeded the Gravettian about 22,000 years ago and lasted until 17,000 years ago in some areas. Identified at the Solutré site in east-central France near Mâcon, and found mostly in France and Spain, the Solutrean is famous for its exquisite flint-knapping.

Source: Dr Jean Clottes

Sculpture Links

→ Ice Age Art Index
→ Ice Age Art Gallery
→ Bison of Tuc D'Audoubert

Rock Art Links

→ Bradshaw Foundation
→ Rock Art Network

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