Ice Age art
arrival of
the modern
mind
Now until 2 June 2013
Advance tickets sold out
Limited walk-up tickets available on the day
Recommend this exhibition
Highlights
Spear thrower made from reindeer antler, sculpted as a mammoth. Found in the rock shelter of Montastruc, France. Approximately 13,000–14,000 years old
Tip of a mammoth tusk carved as two reindeer depicted one behind the other. Approximately 13,000 years old, from Montastruc, France
Female figure sculpted from steatite. Found at Grimaldi, Italy, thought to be about 20,000 years old
Musée d'archéologie nationale © Photo RMN/Jean-Gilles Berizzi
The oldest puppet or doll: an articulated figure made of mammoth ivory
On loan from Moravian Museum, Anthropos Institute
Fragment of decorated reindeer metatarsal (bone) engraved on the obverse surface with two reindeer. From Madeleine, France
Bison sculpted from mammoth ivory. Found at Zaraysk, Russia. About 20,000 years old
The Zaraysk Kremlin Museum, Zaraysk, Russian Federation
Modelled figure of a mature woman from Dolni Vestonice, the oldest ceramic figure in the world
On loan from Moravian Museum, Anthropos Institute
The oldest known portrait of a woman sculpted from mammoth ivory found at Dolní Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic. approximately 26,000 years old
Moravian Museum, Anthropos Institute