[SunkenCiv]

Unique on the Polish scale clay figurine from the Neolithic period (fourth millennium BC) depicting a stylised woman figure has been found during the excavations in Racibórz. Photo by Piotr Szejnoga

[BigCinBigD]

She was quite the looker!

[Beowulf9]

Can also be used to repair divots or as a ball marker.

[Navy Patriot]

Is that Bart Simpson’s hairstyle?

[Darksheare]

“The black goat with a thousand ewes!”
It looks like something from H.P. Lovecraft.

[JZoback]

I swear it says made in china on the left figurine ....

[Fzob]

I’m no expert in these sort of thing, but if I had to guess what it was, a women figurine is pretty low on my list. I would guess it is some sort of tool used for yarn or twine for making clothing.

[AKinAK]

Looks like a badly rusted beer bottle opener.

[Viennacon]

This could literally have been anything

[Daffynition]

Circulate it slowly and it'll drive ya crazy!

[workerbee]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but...

Laz — would you?

[Free Vulcan]

[TChad]

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

No.

[fella]

I’m thinking it’s much more utilitarian, like a rope tensioner or some such thing.

[tumblindice]

She’s a real corker
A native New Yorker
A pair of big hips
Like two battleships

[blueunicorn6]

And Mrs. Frederickson wanted to give me an F in 7th grade art class. I made a better nakie woman sculpture than that. They put it on display for Parent Night. Mom screamed and hit me with it. Dad asked Mrs. Frederickson if she was the model for it. I had to go to a different school after that.

[metmom]

The figurine was dubbed "Venus of Racibórz" because it is similar to other finds of this type known from Paleolithic sites. It has clearly shown legs, wide hips, breasts, and three nodules at the top, the central of which is a schematic representation of the head, while the outer two are interpreted as hands raised in a gesture of oration.

They see women in this.

Can you say "Rorschach test"?

I think that their determination of what those figures is tells us more about THEM, than it does about what the figures are .

Women? I'd consider that a stretch.....

[Fresh Wind]

It has clearly shown legs, wide hips, breasts, and three nodules at the top, the central of which is a schematic representation of the head, while the outer two are interpreted as hands raised in a gesture of oration.

Only a tenured professor could make up stuff like that. /facepalm

[machman]

[Morgana]

A stone age version of this.

[Bigg Red]

While I have no special knowledge in this discipline, I have to say that the archaeologist who decided that this represents the female form is just crazy. It looks to me like some sort of tool.