Looks simply like a pornographic depiction of women.But…no…lets call it figurative Art.Lets pretend the boundaries of Art have been pushed back .Art began as early as sophisticated tool-making.Figurative Art looks like having derived /evolved from the baser instincts in man , as this find suggests.
Could have been a pimp running a show from his cave in Germany..it had been used as a pendant ..so imagine it swinging from his (or her) neck outside a cave .( OK ..I’m joking…to myself …..nobody reads this blog….)
I just find this a subtle reflection of the sensibilities of European academia that this find is couched in terms of Art rather than the crudely crafted and purposefully pornographic item it really is.A sex toy was also fond in the cave in Germany but I’m really not that interested to find out what it is but the researchers seem to be doing what all archaeologists/historians seem to end up doing…..contriving a narrative that sits comfortably within their own sensibilities where ever possible.
