This statuette[1] (approximately 150 mm tall) was discovered in 1922 in the cave of Lespugue and was named after its find spot. It is carved from tusk ivory, and was damaged during excavation. Its parts were reconstructed and the figure supposedly looked like in the picture shown. Due to its expressive, abstract shape of breasts, buttocks and hips, it reminds of modern sculptures from our times. The creational will is obvious, thus this figure stands out from the rest of the Paleolithic Venus figurines. The sex was not as clearly developed as in other figurines of the time. The discoverer René de Saint-Périer[2] assumes that the vulva might have been covered by a kind of loincloth since the buttocks of the statuette features vertical lines which were interpreted as clothing made of twisted fibers, frayed at the end.

(Translation: C. Wilhelm)