The most famous early image of a human, a woman. a superbly crafted sculpture of a naked obese woman from the stone age. It is made of oolitic limestone, and was covered with red ocher when found. It measures 110 mm in height and is dated 30,000 and 25,000 BC.The sculpture shows a woman with a large stomach and breast that overhangs but does not hide her pubic area.Her forearms, however, are thin, and are shown draped over and holding, with cursorily indicated fingers.Small markings on her wrists seem to indicate the presence of bracelets. A roll of fat extends around her middle, joining with large but rather flat buttocks.in search Some say it is braided hair, and some say it is a woven hat pulled low over the face, but on what i see the head is mostly covered.but she don't have feet.in research Archeologists have suggested many different ways of understanding its significance for the nomadic society which made it. The first suggestion is that it was a "Venus figure" or "Goddess," used as a symbol of fertility. A more common explanation is that because the statuette served as a fertility idol, the sculptor included only those parts of the female body needed for the conception and nurture of children.The second suggestion is that the figurine may have served as a good luck charm. the actual purpose of this sculpture created is unclear, if think from basic it might be as simply a Stone-Age doll for a child. A third possible significance put forth is that of the figurine serving as a mother goddess.This comes from a suggestion that the statue was a woman whose specialness was indicated in her obesity since women in a hunter gatherer society would probably not have had the opportunity to get as obese.If for the representation it might represent a fat women.
reference - Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe (2000). art history resources The Venus of Willendorf. retrieved, 22 August 2011, from http://arthistoryresources.net/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html
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