"Venus of Grimaldi" "Polinchelle Venus"
EU2587
From: Italy | Grimaldi
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Title | "Venus of Grimaldi" "Polinchelle Venus" |
| Object Number | EU2587 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Upper Aurignacian |
| Provenience | Italy | Grimaldi |
| Locus | Baousse-Rousse Caves |
| Period | Upper Aurignacian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Steatite | Plaster |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Original Card: Cast - Female figurine. Original is in cristalline tele. Baousse-Rousse. Grotte de Menton, near Grimaldi. Aurignacian. Revised Card: Female figurine (Cast) - Original is in steatite (Musee de St. Germain). Steatopygous. Italy, Grimaldi, Caves of Baousse-Rousse (near Menton). Upper Aurignacian. |
| Height | 6.2 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Reproductions made by the Musee de St. Germain, France, 1923 |
| Other Number | MAN 49282 - Original Number | MAN 49281 incorrect - Original Number | Anthro 32 - Cast Number |
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