Neolithic Female Figurine

A seated steatopygous (with broad buttocks) female figurine reflects the society of Neolithic times.

With her arms decorated with horizontal bands, bent at the elbows and folded across her torso, she holds her chest.

The pose is symbolic and emphasizes the role of women in the matriarchal communities of the Prehistoric period. The role of those women who offer through their breasts the ‘wish’ of fertility for the survival of their ‘house’ and ‘community’.