This is the Venus of Willendorf. It is a female figure that was found by the archeologist Joseph Szombathy in 1908. It was originally found in an Aurignacian loess deposit near the town Willendorf in Austria. It currently resides in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. Researchers believe that this figure was carved during the European Upper Paleolithic, also known as the "Old Stone Age". Since parts of the body associated with childbearing and fertility are emphasized, people believe that this figure was used as a fertility fetish.
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