Sandstone "Venus", height 9.5 cm (3.7"), putatively ca. 200,000 years BP.

This  figure,  putatively from the European Paleolithic, incorporates both the classic "Venus" features and the bird and egg motifs that are so common in the image-bearing artifacts both in Europe and at the 33GU218 site in Ohio.

On the back side of the Venus, a two-faced figure emerges egg-like from the posterior.

"Venus" figure, height 14.5 cm (5.7").

Flint "Venus", height 12 cm (4.7"), putatively ca. 450,000 years BP.  Here, a face seems to emerge (also egg-like) from the posterior of the primary figure.

Flint "Venus", height 10 cm (4"), putatively ca. 450,000 years BP.  Note the head emerging at the bottom.

"Venus", height 8 cm (3.2"), putatively ca. 450,000 years BP.  The drilled hole through it is an interesting feature.

Flint "Venus", height 10.8 cm (4.25"), putatively ca. 450,000 years BP.

Flint "Venus", Acheulean, putatively ca. 350,000 years BP, height 4.3 cm (1.7").   There appears to be a face emerging from its mouth, an interesting presence of this motif in the European "Venus".

Above, more "Venuses".

An interesting Madonna-like theme.

An anthropomorphic figure, in this case incorporating several common sub-motifs:  a creature looking down over the forehead; one eye open, one eye closed; and a bird-form nose.

Above: quasi-anthropomorphic figures.

Abstract bird figures.

Bird form with anthropomorphic head.

Classic motif of a primary figure with another on its head, and yet another emerging from its mouth.

Two-faced anthropomorphic/zoomorphic figure.

A flint rabbit - from Germany, actually, but interesting.  From the collection of Max Herder.