Goldstone Mini Goddess of Willendorf

The 'Venus of Willendorf' is the name that was given to a female figurine that was found in 1908 by an archaeologist named Joseph Szombathy in a Aurignacian loess deposit near the town of Willendorf in Austria. It is now in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. The statue was carved from oolitic limestone and was coloured with red ochre. It measures 110 mm in height and is dated 30,000 and 25,000 BC

She is often simply understood as a fertility symbol however she symbolises much more than this; new beginnings, new projects, connection with the land as without growth in the land there is no fertility in humans, renewal, sowing seeds and tending them to reap the rewards at harvest.

Approximate size: H 25mm