Horse of Lourdes, found in the Grottes des Espélugues (Lourdes,Hautes-Pyrénées, c. 13,000 BC). It i
Horse of Lourdes, found in the Grottes des Espélugues (Lourdes,Hautes-Pyrénées, c. 13,000 BC). It is made of mammoth ivory and is7.3cm in length.This horse carving was found in a rock fissure in 1886. TheEspélugues Caves were very much frequented, and many other tools anddecorated objects have been found there. The statuette was carvedlongitudinally from a mammoth tusk; such tusks could reach threemetres in length. -- source link
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