Venus figurines of Mal'ta
The Venus figurines of Mal’ta are several palaeolithic female figurines of the Mal'ta–Buret' culture, found in Siberia, Russia.
A Venus figurine of Mal'ta (facsimile, Prague National Museum).
A facsimile of one of the Mal'ta Venus figurines on display in Prague's National Museum.
Another Venus of Mal'ta.
Statuette with facial features.
The Mal'ta–Buret' culture is an archaeological culture of the Upper Paleolithic. It is located roughly northwest of Lake Baikal, about 90km to the northwest of Irkutsk, on the banks of the upper Angara River.
The Mal'ta-Buret' people lived in dwellings built of mammoth bones, similar to those found in Upper Paleolithic Europe.
Malta artefacts, Moscow State Historical Museum.
A replica of the Venus figurine of Mal'ta discovered with the remains of the Mal'ta boy (MA-1, dated 24,000 BP).
Mal'ta boy (MA-1), dated 24,000 BP, with tomb artifacts, Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg.