I just have to post this #iceage masterpiece from time to time: A tiny (3.7 cm) but amazing figurine of a woolly mammoth carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago.
Found in the Vogelherd cave on the Swabian Jura, south-west Germany.
by me
@ninawillburger Tiny but so powerful
@ninawillburger gorgeous. I just showed it to my kids and can’t help but think it might have been a toy!
@ninawillburger Great photo and amazing millenary mammoth
@ninawillburger Ein großartiges Kunstwerk! Das wäre auch ein ansprechendes MASTODON Logo gewesen!
@seppi_hofer unfortunately I do not understand german, but for me too something about mastodon logos came to mind @ninawillburger @joachim
@ninawillburger this should inspire some people running or planning to run a mastodon instance
I hear tell of a certain archaeology department that has a replica of this…
JEALOUS!!!
@ninawillburger that's a lovely little thing. Thanks for sharing.
@ninawillburger it blows my mind people were making art, so skilfully, 40,000 years ago.