sculpture
Europe
Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel
Unknown
When it was made
c. 40,000 years ago
How do we know this date?
The date is approximate. (approximate date (radiocarbon))
Certainty: high Source: Radiocarbon / Museum Ulm
A therianthropic figurine with the head of a cave lion — the oldest known sculpture depicting a being that does not exist.
Facts
- Culture
- Aurignacian culture
- Place of origin
- Swabian Jura, Germany
- Where it is today
- Museum Ulm
- Institution
- Museum Ulm
- Type
- Sculpture
- Material
- mammoth ivory
- Movement / style
- Paleolithic art
