World's 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave
World's 1st carved horse: The 35,000-year-old ivory figurine from Vogelherd cave
Carved out of ivory, the figurine was created during the Upper Paleolithic.
Considered the oldest known horse sculpture made by anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens), this horse-shaped figurine is carved out of mammoth ivory. The palm-sized artifact measures roughly 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) high and 1.9 inches (4.8 cm) long and includes details such as a carved mouth, nostrils, eyes and mane. Although the ivory horse's head is complete, all four of its legs have been broken off. Archaeologists think the sculpture depicts a stallion, according to the Bradshaw Foundation, which asks, "Is this a stallion trying to impress a mare or a horse arching and kicking backwards against a predator?"
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