Venus of Petřkovice
Mineral statuette of a nude female figure
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The Venus of Petřkovice (Czech: Petřkovická venuše or Landecká venuše) is a pre-historic Venus figurine, a mineral statuette of a nude female figure, dated to about 23,000 BCE (Gravettian industry) in what is today the Czech Republic.
| Venus of Petřkovice | |
|---|---|
Replica of Venus of Petřkovice | |
| Material | Hematite |
| Size | Height: 4.5 cm |
| Created | 25,000 years |
| Discovered | 14 July 1953 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
| Discovered by | Bohuslav Klíma |
| Present location | Brno, Czech Republic |
Discovery
It was found within the current city limits of Ostrava (Ostrava-Petřkovice) in the Czech Republic, by archaeologist Bohuslav Klíma on 14 July 1953. It was beneath a mammoth molar at an ancient settlement of mammoth hunters. Many stone artifacts and skeletal fragments were also found nearby.
Features
Location
It is now in the Archeological Institute, Brno, but between 7 February - 26 May 2013 it was displayed in the exhibition Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind,[2] at the British Museum in London.
