April 19, 2024
Paleolithic figurine Löwenmensch / Lion Man , Germany - professional replica
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Professionaly made cast replica of paleolithic figurine found in Germany, scientific exact copy. Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLöwenmensch - a lion-headed figurine found in Germany and dating to the Upper Paleolithic. (about 30,000 BCE) A lion-headed figure, first called the lion man ( German : Löwenmensch , literally "lion human"), then the lion lady ( German : Löwenfrau ), is a sculpture that is the oldest known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world and one of the oldest known sculptures in general. The sculpture has also been interpreted as anthropomorphic , giving human characteristics to an animal, although it may have represented a deity . The figurine was determined to be about 30,000 years old. [1 ] by carbon dating material from the same layer in which the sculpture was found. It is associated with the archaeological Aurignacian culture .[ 2] The sculpture is 29.6 cm (11.7 inches) in height, 5.6 cm wide, and 5.9 cm thick. It was carved out using a flint stone knife. There are seven parallel, transverse, carved gouges on the left arm. It is now in the museum in Ulm , Germany. History Its pieces were found in 1939 in a cave named Stadel-Höhle im Hohlenstein (Stadel cave in Hohlenstein Mountain) in the Lonetal (Lone valley) in the Swabian Alps , Germany . Due to the beginning
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