Woman from Brassempouy, front, slight three-quarter view.
Title
Woman from Brassempouy , front , slight three-quarter view .
Date
22,000 BCE?
Cultural Context
French European Western European
Style/Period
Paleolithic Upper Paleolithic Stone Age Prehistoric
Subject
Sculpture Figurines Women Heads (Anatomy) Hairstyles
Material
Ivory (tooth component) Bone (material)
Measurements
H: 1 1/4" (3 cm)
Technique
Carving (processes) Sculpting
Work Type
Sculpture Carvings (visual works) Figurines Statues Heads (representations)
Repository
Musee des Antiquites Nationales [in Chateau] (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France)
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. New York: Abrams, 1995. (fig.1-6, p.40)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Stokstad courtesy: Sisse Brimberg, National Geographic Society Image Collection, Washington, D.C.; Musee des Antiquities Nationales, St.-Germain-en-Laye.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 336-11.jpg
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