Animal models have a long long tradition

I am interested also on history. And so i know, animal models will produced since the stone age. Here you can see a replica of a pig (1600-1500 before christi), that was found in my hometown in the late 90s.

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and here pics of ancient animal toys:

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They are wonderful model
You live in a great place, so much history and wildlife

Sometimes, when I walk on the beach I find stones that remind me of some animal.
When my son was little, we used to have fun, sayuíng WOW ! Here is a fossile seal..or pig..or bird.
Perhaps that was how it started...somebody improved a bit on a stone, they found, and then they made them better and better ?

It must have taken a lot of time to make, - Some stone age parents have loved their children very much.

Or perhaps they were lucky charms for hunters ? Or both

That's a terrific subject, Andreas! Thanks for showing and I hope more people adding some information about it. I love this subject! :)
I never thought before of a pig before Kristie!
It would be also interesting to see the use of animal sculptings in old monuments, etc. :)

widukind wrote:

I am interested also on history. And so i know, animal models will produced since the stone age. Here you can see a replica of a pig (1600-1500 before christi), that was found in my hometown in the late 90s.

Great... I can make a photo in my work. I work in museum now and in my hometown were found animal replicas too also from stone age :) Lioness and bear

Roger wrote:

I never thought before of a pig before Kristie!

Elvis, the singing piglet

MartinH wrote:

Great... I can make a photo in my work. I work in museum now and in my hometown were found animal replicas too also from stone age :) Lioness and bear

Ohhh, yes, please do, Martin

widukind wrote:

I am interested also on history. And so i know, animal models will produced since the stone age. Here you can see a replica of a pig (1600-1500 before christi), that was found in my hometown in the late 90s.

and here pics of ancient animal toys:

... Very interesting Andreas thanks!

They are amazing Andreas! Thanks for posting the photo in that book too. Very interesting subject!
Martin, congratulations on your job! Look forward to seeing the bear and lioness

Thank you Harriet :) But library was better

Many thanks friends!!

Oh Martin, you have a wonderful job. I wish i have the same, this is so very interesting.

Thank you :) Well ... guess what is my responsibility. Collections and exhibitions But no animals around me :)

Hello all,
I send you a link to photos of the eldest animal figures ever found. There is lot of research on this subject in Germany because here exists a cave, which is famous for these findings. The site is in german and there a even more links from each animal figure to museums and more pictures. The oldest figure (an astonishing, perfectly carved mammut) is about 32-33.000 years old and perfectly carved from ivory.

It´s a veeeeeeeeeery interesting topic, because animal figures are even older than many other found human (feminine) figures. Some years ago I read more about this topic and found a huge amount of information about it.
I will look for more informative websites!


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Greetings!
Herby

Here some more links of english websites:

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(contains several high-quality links to the same topic)

Hope you enjoy this stunning internet-journey through ancient times, which are the source of all the following artists, that created animal figures.

Herby

Thanks Herby for the links, they are really interesting! :)

Very, very interesting topic. Thanks for posting it. Great photos and great links.