So-Called "Hermaphrodite Venus"
EU2567
From: Italy | Grimaldi
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Title | So-Called "Hermaphrodite Venus" |
| Object Number | EU2567 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Upper Aurignacian |
| Provenience | Italy | Grimaldi |
| Locus | Caves of Baousse-Rousse |
| Period | Upper Aurignacian |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Steatite | Plaster |
| Iconography | Woman (uncertain) | Hermaphrodite (uncertain) |
| Description | Original: Cast. Female figure. Original at St. Germain. Italy, Grimaldi, near Menton, Baousse-Rousse. Aurignacian. Revised: Human figurine (cast) - Reproduction of headless human figure. Female / Hermaphrodite? Original in steatite (Musee de St. Germain). Italy, Grimaldi, Caves of Baousse-Rousse (near Menton). Upper Aurignacian. |
| Height | 5.2 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Reproductions made by the Musee de St. Germain, France, 1923 |
| Other Number | MAN 49280 - Original Number |
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