Venus of Laussel
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The Venus of Laussel is one the so-called Venus figurines. It is a foot-and-a-half high limestone bas-relief of a nude female figure, painted with red ochre, and is approximately 20,000 years old (Aurignacian ).
The figure holds a bison horn, or possibly a cornucopia in one hand, which has 13 notches maybe symbolising the phases of the Moon. The link between feminitity and fertility is even more apparent than in other Venus figurines.
The figure was rediscovered in 1911. It is now in the Museum of Aquiraue, in Bordeaux, France.