Category:Female figurine
It is a female statuette in soapstone (translucent steatite between yellow and brown) known as the "Statuina di Grimaldi" (Italian town on the border with France) or "Statuine of Menton" (French town on the border with Italy) for the place where it was found, the…
See moreBronze statuette 11,60 cm high. It represents more of an offerer than a Goddess, in fact in one of her hands she holds a focaccia on which three ears of corn are engraved with a gesture of her arm outstretched as a sign of offering. She wears a floor-length dress and has her hair tied back. In some…
See moreThese statuettes reproduce the schematized type of the naked female figure, according to the stylistic and iconographic canons of the early Neolithic art. They are made in the round, with a purified yellowish brown and undercooked dough: their state of conservation is not completely intact, in fact they have some gaps…
See moreThe statuette, in grey-green stone, is sculpted in the round and overall it is rather harmonious and proportionate with the exception of the hips and the upper part of the legs which are of accentuated dimensions. The figure has two small rounded breasts below which are represented, barely perceptible, the…
See moreThe figurine is made of soft brown steatite with olive-black veins, perfectly smooth and shiny; it was made with the same material as some figurines from Balzi Rossi in Liguria and a drop-shaped pendant with deep lines engraved on both sides found in the…
See moreStylistically different from the Neolithic figurine of Gaban, this one comes from the Mesolithic layer: it is a female figurine carved in bas-relief on a red deer horn support, with very realistic anatomical details, depicted in an upright position with arms extended along the wide sides; she has a prominent belly, almost covering the…
See moreThere are several finds recovered in the Gaban shelter (see here, here and here), but the best known is the stylized female figure, found during the first excavation campaign of 1972, directed by Bernardo Bagolini, next to a Neolithic hearth regenerated several times ; the artifact was found nearby…
See moreDuring the works to arrange the roof of the excavation area, which took place in 1973, this pebble was found inside a hollowed niche on the wall, about one meter away from the place of discovery of the statuette (Venus) of Gaban and of the historiated handle. Along with this item were…
See moreIt is a small statuette carved on a piece of green steatite, depicting a female figure with her head wrapped up in a hat, the eyes, nose and mouth visible, who seems to be holding a fetus on her lap and underneath the belly the symbol of…
See moreIt is a very particular female figure, found during the excavations of 1974, directed by Bernardo Bagolini, against the wall where the historiated wind instrument obtained from a human femur was found; she was made on a lower left boar molar, decorated on one side only,…
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