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Venus of Buret'

Venus of Buret'

Venus figurine related to Mal'ta-Buret' culture

Venus of Buret' may refer to any of the five Venus figurines found from archeological site of Buret' in Siberia near Irkutsk and the Angara river valley.[5][6][1]

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A drawing of Venus figurine 1.[4]

Four of them are made of ivory and one of them is made of serpentine.[1] One of the figurines (pictured) made of ivory depicts a shrouded person. A similar shrouded figurine has been found from Mal'ta. Carvings on the figurine might represent decorated clothes. The figurine is partially sexually ambiguous due to lack of breasts, but it has an emphasized pubic triangle and vaginal area.[5]

Venus figurines by Mal'ta-Buret' culture of the area are considered to be geographically isolated. They have features that differ from other Venuses of the Paleolithic era, as they have clothes, instead of being nude, and they also have elaborately carved faces.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Väinö Poikalainen (2001). "Paleolithic Art from the Danube to Lake Baikal" (PDF). Folklore. 18&19: 7–60. doi:10.7592/FEJF2001.18/19.paleoart. ISSN 1406-0957. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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    "The card of museum object". Virtual Museum of Archaeology. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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    Louise Muriel Lander (2005). "From artifact to icon: an analysis of the Venus figurines in archaeological literature and contemporary culture" (PDF). Durham University. pp. 475–476. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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    Photograph: "Anthropomphic figurine (Buret')". Art of Mal'ta. Novosibirsk State University.
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    Karen Diane Jennett (May 2008). "Female Figurines of the Upper Paleolithic" (PDF). Texas State University. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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    Christoph Baumer (11 December 2012). The History of Central Asia: The Age of the Steppe Warriors. I.B.Tauris. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-78076-060-5.
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    Bednarik, Robert G. (2013). "Pleistocene Palaeoart of Asia". Arts. 2: 50, fig.C. doi:10.3390/arts2020046.

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