Venus of Ocice

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The Venus of Ocice (Polish: Wenus Ocicka) is a Venus figurine, a neolithic clay statuette of a female figure found before World War II within the current city limits of Racibórz (Racibórz-Ocice), Silesia, Poland. The ceramic original has been lost, but several copies exist. A gypsum copy is exhibited in the Museum of Racibórz.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Wystawy stałe" (Permanent exhibitions), description on the Internet page of the Museum in Raciborz, http://www.muzeum.raciborz.pl/wystawy_stale.php (Access 2013-03-03).
  2. ↑ Izabela Żbikowska, "Pierwsze żyto w Europie" (The First Rye of Europe) http://wyborcza.pl/1,75476,8332826,Pierwsze_zyto_w_Europie.html Gazeta Wyborcza, 2010-09-03 (access 2013-01-29).
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