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    The Venus of Brassempouy (French: la Dame de Brassempouy, [la dam də bʁasɛ̃pwi], meaning "Lady of Brassempouy", or Dame à la Capuche, "Lady with the Hood")...
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    Brassempouy (French pronunciation: [bʁasɛ̃puj]; Gascon: Brassempoi) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France...
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    cornrows (or another type of braids) are the statues known as the Venus of Brassempouy and the Venus of Willendorf, which date between 23,000 and 29,000 years...
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    books; Cook; Beck, 205-208 White, Randall (December 2008). "The Women of Brassempouy: A Century of Research and Interpretation" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological...
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    braided hair or some sort of a woven basket on her head. The Venus of Brassempouy in France is estimated to be about 25,000 years old and ostensibly shows...
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    Archeological Institute, Brno. Last Glacial Maximum: Venus of Brassempouy, Grotte du Pape, Brassempouy, Landes, France, created. It is now at Musée des Antiquités...
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    to 25,000 years ago. Models of the human head (such as the Venus of Brassempouy) are rare in Paleolithic art: most are like the Venus of Willendorf –...
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    the hair may be seen in carved "Venus figurines" such as the Venus of Brassempouy and the Venus of Willendorf. The creation of different hairstyles, especially...
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    At Grotte du Pape near Brassempouy, fragments of seven statuettes were uncovered, including the so-called Dame de Brassempouy. Piette was among the first...
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    between about 28,000 and 25,000 BC in modern-day Austria. The Venus of Brassempouy from the southwest of France is estimated to be about 25,000 years old...
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