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Phallic figurine, Natufian, c8005-c7996 BC. The natural shape of a calcite cobble has been used to represent the outline of the lovers. Their heads, arms and legs appear as raised areas around which the surface has been picked away with a stone point or chisel. The figures look at one another but have no faces. The arms of one hug the shoulders of the other and its knees are bent up underneath those of the slightly smaller figure. The image is also phallic whichever way you look at it. The piece was found by a Bedouin in the Wadi Khareitoun, and is thought to have come from the cave of Ain Sakhri. The sculpture may have had special significance, perhaps representing ideas about fertility or, reflecting new understanding of the part men played in reproduction. Less complex sculptures of phalli are known from other sites of this period.
P AND EE, 1958.10-7.1

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART201933

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2922px × 4000px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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