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title: Black Venus of Dolni Vestonice
author: Don Hitchcock
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6867/black-venus-of-dolni-vestonice/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Black Venus of Dolni Vestonice

_Authored by Don Hitchcock_

## Image File

[![Black Venus of Dolni Vestonice](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6867.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6867.jpg)

## Image Caption

One of the oldest known examples of ceramic in the world, the Black [Venus](https://www.worldhistory.org/venus/) was found at the pre-historic site of Dolni Vestonice in Moravia, Czech Republic in 1925 CE. The figure is thought to have been sculpted between 29,000 and 25,000 years ago. Its faceless, voluptuous figure is typical of the Venus figurines of [Ice Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ice_Age/) [Europe](https://www.worldhistory.org/europe/), but the material used to make it is rare. It gets its unique black colour from the combination of ground bone and clay used to make it. This material produced a self-glazing, black finish in the kiln and can be seen on many of the other ceramic pieces found at the same site. The original figurine is rarely on public display, but it is part of the collection of the Moravian Museum's Anthropos Pavilion in Brno, Czech Republic.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Hitchcock, D. (2017, July 07). Black Venus of Dolni Vestonice. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6867/black-venus-of-dolni-vestonice/>
### Chicago
Hitchcock, Don. "Black Venus of Dolni Vestonice." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 07, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6867/black-venus-of-dolni-vestonice/>.
### MLA
Hitchcock, Don. "Black Venus of Dolni Vestonice." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Jul 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6867/black-venus-of-dolni-vestonice/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://donsmaps.com/dolnivenus.html) by **Don Hitchcock**. Submitted by [Jessica Liew](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jessicamliew/ "User Page: Jessica Liew"), published on 07 July 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.