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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | The Venus of Lespugue is one of the masterpieces of Ice Age art. Found in the Haute-Garonne of the French Pyrenees in 1922, it dates from the Gravettian period. It is 22,000 years and just 12.7 cms high.
Copy by Peter Herring. One of a series of replicas of ancient art. |
| Posted Comments: Arwen
(2003-12-28) | who says that woman should be slim? ;) Very nice piece of art! | nicoladidsbury
(2004-03-20) | I love these figurines. I first read about them in the series of books by Jean Auel. Have you read any of these books? They brought the last iceage world alive for me, when Britain was still covered in the polar ice cap. | Carole
(2004-05-04) | Beautiful sensuous model for women | jamesayliffe
(2009-01-08) | If Thorgrim would like to contact me at james.smith1@bbc.co.uk I'd like to discuss possibly using thisimage in a ducmentary I'm working on. Thanks! | AngieLake
(2009-01-08) | James, I'm only a contributor not an admin on here, but have copied your message to Thorgrim [Peter Herring] on his private page link. Don't know his current email address. He hasn't posted on here for quite some time now. |
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