Neolithic carved rock wavy Venus, E. Balkans, Hamangia Culture, 5200 BC- 4500 BC

Description

Neolithic carved rock wavy Venus, E. Balkans, Hamangia Culture, 5200 BC- 4500 BC
Very unusual carved human statue with wavy pattern all over the body. This Venus is massive and can stand vertically on its own pedestal.
Height: 10 inches = 25.8 cm = 258 mm;
Width: 5.25 inches = 13.2 cm = 132 mm;
Weight: 4 lb. 1.1 oz. =1845 g = 1 kg 845 g;
Mohs hardness: 6.0-8.0; granite (?)
Multicolored granular (non-foliated) metamorphic rock with black inclusions.
Provenance:
The figure was collected from Bulgaria, before WWII by the owner husband’s grandfather, he was a collectionnaire.
References:
The
Hamangia culture
is a Late
Neolithic
archaeological culture
of
Dobruja
(
Romania
and
Bulgaria
) between the
Danube
and the
Black Sea
and
Muntenia
in the south. It is named after the site of
Baia-Hamangia
, discovered in 1952 along
Golovița Lake
.
[1]
The Hamangia culture began around 5250/5200 BC and lasted until around 4550/4500 BC.
It was absorbed by the expanding
Boian
culture in its transition towards the
Gumelniţa
.
[2]
Its cultural links with
Anatolia
suggest that it was the result of a settlement by people from Anatolia, unlike the neighbouring cultures, which appear descended from earlier Neolithic settlement.
[3]