Lion-human / Hybrid figure with human body and feline head / View of proper left / Aurignacian, Creation date: ca. 40,000-28,000 BCE

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Work Title: Lion-human; Hybrid figure with human body and feline head
View Title: View of proper left
Creator/Culture: Prehistoric Europe
Site/Repository: Creation location: Stadel Cave, Valley of Lone, Hohlenstein-Stadel (Baden-Württemberg , Germany); Repository: Ulmer Museum (Ulm, Baden-Württemberg , Germany)
Period/Date: Aurignacian, Creation date: ca. 40,000-28,000 BCE
Media/Technique: mammoth ivory, carving, sculpture
Dimensions: height: 29.6 cm, height: 11.65 inches
Subjects: Sculptures (visual works); Art, Prehistoric; Paleolithic period; Germany; Lions; Figures (Representations); Mammoths; Humans with animal features
Work Record ID: 540361
Image Record ID: 748776
Digital filename: 04d100048
Classification Filing Number: 200; *.r
HART Image Order Number: 220345
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 07:15:29

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 1546 x 2911
File Size: 599 KB
Record: 748776
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-748776/04d100048

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 748776. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-748776/04d100048. June 06, 2025.