Venus of Willendorf

A reproduction of the famous artifact sculpture known as the Venus of Willendorf which dates to between 24,000-22,000 B.C.E., making it one of the oldest and most famous surviving works of art. It has been suggested that she is a fertility figure, a good-luck totem, a mother goddess symbol, or an aphrodisiac made by men for the appreciation of men. We learn that these nomadic people living almost 25,000 years ago cared about making objects beautiful. And we can learn that these Paleolithic people had an awareness of the importance of the women.