ID: 901001894 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001894	Record Type: Character/Person

	Venus figures (European prehistoric characters)

Note: Spirits or supernatural beigs represented in prehistoric stylized representations of females with large breasts and buttocks, which show a marked degree of similarity.

Names:

	Venus figures (European prehistoric characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Prehistoric iconography> (P)
		........<Prehistoric characters> (P)
		............Venus figures (European prehistoric characters) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... supernatural beings
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Europe
	..... ULAN Candidate

	affiliated/associated with .... fertility
	.....(biological concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient European
	.....(European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Venus figures (European prehistoric characters)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)