VENUS OF HOHLE FELS, ANCIENT GERMAN PALEOLITHIC FEMALE FIGURINE

Description

The Venus of Hohle Fels (also known as the Venus of Schelklingen; in German variously Venus vom Hohlen Fels, vom Hohle Fels; Venus von Schelklingen) is an Upper Paleolithic Venus figurine made of mammoth ivory that was unearthed in 2008 in Hohle Fels, a cave near Schelklingen, Germany. It is dated to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago. It is the oldest undisputed known example of a depiction of a human being, and appears to have been used as a necklace. The Venus figurine is housed at the Prehistoric Museum of Blaubeuren This STL was made from a high resolution scan of the original cast of this ancient figurine, while it was being exhibited in the Czech Republic 10 years ago. I spent two years tracking down these casts and making these scans using the latest high resolution (<25 microns) scanner and this is the most accurate and VIRTUALLY ONLY museum quality exact recreation of the original Venus figurine you can find.