Venus III (NHMW-PRAE-44.701)

3D Model

3D scan of a modified piece of mammoth tusk, which has been interpreted as anthropomorphic figurine, dubbed as Venus III. The object was found in 1908 in layer 9 of the site Willendorf II, the same site as the Venus of Willendorf (NHMW-Prae 44.686).

This object was digitized for the go!digital 3.0 project bITEM (Beyond the Item - Biographies and Itineraries of Cultural Heritage Objects in Museums and beyond).

Specimen: anthropomorphic figurine

Inventory number: NHMW-PRAE-44.701

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Prehistoric Department, Stone Age Coll. (curator: Caroline Posch)

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Scanned and edited by Viola Winkler and Nikola Brodtmann (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.