Magdalenian, around -17 000/-12 000 Original in mammoth ivory. Caves of Espélugues, Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées) Excavations Leon Nelli, 1886-1889 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, museum of national Archaeology This statuette of horse has been discovered at the end of the 19th century in the cave of Espélugues at Lourdes, in the Hautes-Pyrénées. It is allotted to the Magdalenian period (around -15 000 years). Worked in mammoth ivory, rare material in Western Europe, this figurine shows a great control of the sculpture and engraving. The horse is returned in a very realistic way, as well on the level of
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