Venus of Willendorf Charm

Venus of Willendorf Charm

$3.50
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Measures 24 mm x 10 mm. Charm is 3-D and wonderfully detailed. Pewter (safe from lead, cadmium, and nickel hazards). Why in times like these would anyone want a charm that portrays the buxom and naked Venus of Willendorf in miniature.   The original  limestone statue was carved by human beings 30,000 years ago. Our ancestor's portrait of our ancestors, most likely made as well as modeled  by a woman, say some scholars,  She is one of the oldest if not the oldest surviving evidence of human creativity and crafts(wo)menship.  The Willendorf Venus can be seen in the beginning chapters of scores of art history books and in the early slides in Art History 101 courses. She begins art history.  Over the centuries many have speculated on her deeper meaning. Fertility, womanhood, erotic dreams, many others. For me, I see prosperity and health. She is not starving. Far from it. She is a zaftig woman, obese but certainly not morbidly so. Her breasts are full and she is ready to nourish the next g

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