Venus Of Willendorf Figurines

In chapter three of the textbook, it began with talking about the Paleolithic age. I found this very interesting because I had never heard of it. While reading I found myself asking the question, how are we able to interpret the sculptures? What if what we think that they mean or represent is completely opposite of what they actually did? We will never be able to know for absolute certain either. My favorite part of this chapter was the cave paintings. I love them! Humans painted cute, little pictures of animals on walls of caves like 30,000 years ago and they are still around!
Although I loved the cave paintings, I decided to research the Venus of Willendorf figurine. It is a prehistoric statue of a woman. There are similar statues as well. They are referred to as Venus Figurines and they are from the Aurignacian or Gravettian period of the upper Palaeolithic age. They were found from Western Europe to Siberia and were carved from ivory, bone, soft stone, or they were made from clay.
The specific sculpture I chose was the Venus of Willendorf. It was found in 1908 by a man named Johann Veran during an excavation at a Paleolithic site near Willendorf, a city in Austria. It is estimated that it was made between 24,000 and 22,000 BCE. The Venus of Willendorf is 11.1-centimetre high and carved out of oolithic limestone
Its small size would make it easy to carry along. Archaeologists assume that it may have been carried by the men during hunting. It could possibly have served as a reminder of their mate back home. Also as a good luck charm to bring the men luck with hunting. The facelessness of the figurine leads archaeologists to believe that it may have been more important as just an object rather than as a person. Another thing is that the figurine's hair is braided in seven circles. Back then, the number seven was considered a magic number and used to bring good