- Venus of Lespugue
The "Venus of Lespugue" is a Venus figurine, a
statue tte of a nude female figure from approximately 25,000 BC. It was discovered in1922 in theRideaux cave ofLespugue (Haute-Garonne) in the foothills of thePyrenees by René de Saint-Périer (1877-1950).Approximately 6 inches (147 mm) tall, it is carved from
tusk ivory , and was damaged during excavation.According to textile expert Elizabeth Wayland Barber Fact|date=July 2008, the statue displays the earliest representation found of spun thread, as the carving shows a skirt hanging from below the hips, made of twisted fibers, frayed at the end.
The Venus of Lespugue resides in France, at the
Musée de l'Homme .External links
*http://www.hominids.com/donsmaps/lespuguevenus.html
*http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/lespugue.html
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