Mal'ta Venus

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The Mal'ta Venus is a palaeolithic figurine of a woman, discovered in a cave at Mal'ta near Lake Baikal in Siberia. The figurine is about 23,000 years old. It was carved from mammoth ivory. As is typical for the so-called Venus figurines, some of her sexual features, such as breasts and buttocks, are emphasized. It is on display at the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.

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• Short text on the site of Mal'ta, illustrating another figurine, on Metropolitan Museum website