First figurative sculpture

According to Official Guinness Records,

The Venus of Hohle Fels is the name given to a female figurine carved from a mammoth tusk and dated to ca 33,000 BC. It was discovered in the Hohle Fels ("Hollow Rock") cave near Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in September 2008 by Nicolas Conard and a team from the University of Tübingen, Germany, and is thought to be some form of fertility amulet. The carving is 6 cm (2.3 in) tall and is presumed to have been made by modern humans (Homo sapiens).
Earlier so-called proto-figurines exist, although their humanoid shape may be more a result of natural erosion or simulacra than any attempt at figurative art. The dating of the Venus is based on carbon-dating of other artefacts discovered alongside the carving, which itself was discovered in six pieces.

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