Venus figurine

Figurine is depicting a naked female figure. The type is quite rare – the figurine has crafted face features. Head is a bit turned right. Face is elongated a bit. Eyes and mouth are graved on a face. Emphasized nose is bold in relief, elongated, with the elaborated alae of the nose. A headdress is bold in relief too and marked with stylized roundish hollows. Over the left ear these hollows form a stylized spiral probably marking an convolved braid. The head of a woman is large, shoulders are wide, even wider than hips that is unusual. There is no neck marked, the head is put directly to the chest and shoulders. Arms are straightened and pressed to the body in a stomach area, hands are not crafted. Left arm is fatter than the right. Short legs are squeezed and poorly defined. Footsteps are reduced, constricted to the end, pressed to each other. Breasts are large, massive, going down to the stomach, merges with arms in the upper part near shoulders. The stomach is poorly defined between arms and breasts. Between hands and kneels hypertrophied “woman’s triangle” - pubis is defined. It is divided from legs with two carved lines. Hips are high, roundish, their capacity is highlighted at the upper part, at the bottom part they are flattened. That type of figurines is characteristic for European territories, that is why its appearance in such a far region as Eastern Siberia is especially interesting. Exhibits' purpose of use – figurines could be used as talismans, protecting and bringing luck, and as symbols of fertility. Uniqueness – Venus figurines are found in Upper Palaeolithic sites very rarely, these findings are unique.