Found at Tursac in Dordogne, this sculpture, as many others, whose shapes emerge from the forms of reindeer antlers, is an example of a "flattened sculpture in the round", in that the thickness of the object does not correspond to reality. Its is likely to be fragment of a propeller. The "Bison licking itself" is one of the most well known works of Palaeolithic art. The body of the animal and the legs, one of which is broken off, have nothing exceptional: the shapes are correct, the attitude is well captured although somewhat less vivid than in other works. However, the