Venus figurines
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Venus figurines are small prehistoric statuettes of women, often with exaggerated sexual features, thought to be symbolic or ritual objects created by Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies across Europe and parts of Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paleolithic Venus figurines | 1 |
| Venus figurines canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20914866 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venus figurines Context triple: [Upper Palaeolithic, characterizedBy, Venus figurines]
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Venus of Willendorf
The Venus of Willendorf is a famous Paleolithic limestone figurine, about 25,000 years old, celebrated as one of the most iconic examples of prehistoric art and representations of the female form.
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Venus of Hohle Fels
The Venus of Hohle Fels is a small Upper Paleolithic female figurine carved from mammoth ivory, considered one of the oldest known examples of figurative art.
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Bronze Venus
Bronze Venus is a nickname for Josephine Baker, the iconic American-born French entertainer, civil rights activist, and symbol of Jazz Age glamour.
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D.
Cycladic figurines
Cycladic figurines are stylized marble sculptures from the Early Bronze Age Cycladic civilization, characterized by their abstract, minimalist human forms and often associated with ritual or funerary contexts.
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Dolní Věstonice ceramic figurines
The Dolní Věstonice ceramic figurines are some of the oldest known fired clay artworks, prehistoric sculptures—often of animals and voluptuous female forms—created by Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers in what is now the Czech Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venus figurines Target entity description: Venus figurines are small prehistoric statuettes of women, often with exaggerated sexual features, thought to be symbolic or ritual objects created by Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherer societies across Europe and parts of Asia.
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A.
Venus of Willendorf
The Venus of Willendorf is a famous Paleolithic limestone figurine, about 25,000 years old, celebrated as one of the most iconic examples of prehistoric art and representations of the female form.
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B.
Venus of Hohle Fels
The Venus of Hohle Fels is a small Upper Paleolithic female figurine carved from mammoth ivory, considered one of the oldest known examples of figurative art.
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C.
Bronze Venus
Bronze Venus is a nickname for Josephine Baker, the iconic American-born French entertainer, civil rights activist, and symbol of Jazz Age glamour.
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D.
Cycladic figurines
Cycladic figurines are stylized marble sculptures from the Early Bronze Age Cycladic civilization, characterized by their abstract, minimalist human forms and often associated with ritual or funerary contexts.
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E.
Dolní Věstonice ceramic figurines
The Dolní Věstonice ceramic figurines are some of the oldest known fired clay artworks, prehistoric sculptures—often of animals and voluptuous female forms—created by Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers in what is now the Czech Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Venus figurines