Venus of Willendorf (NHMW-Prae 44.686)

3D scan of the Venus of Willendorf optimized for 3D printing. Found in 1908 at the site Willendorf II, the object appeared in an archaeological layer datable to 29,500 BP. Measuring 11 cm, the figurine – made of oolithic limestone – represents the depiction of a naked woman of corpulent proportions.

The original figurine is Number 36 of the Museum of Natural History Vienna (NHMW) Top 100 and can be visited in the Venus cabinet of the NHM Vienna next to her roommate "Fanny of Galgenberg".

Object: Venus of Willendorf

Inventory number: NHMW-Prae 44.686

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Prehistory Dept., Old Stone Age Coll. (curator: Caroline Posch)

Scanned and edited by Anna Haider and Viola Winkler.

Scanner: Artec Space Spider

Text: Walpurga Antl-Weiser & Caroline Posch

License

“Venus of Willendorf (NHMW-Prae 44.686)” (published on Sketchfab) by Natural History Museum Vienna is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial.

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Notes:

this model is a test upload for the license transfer of models with different ownership and comparsion - since the license allows this, we will just see what happens

the model will be used as a test to compare different platforms - lets see how fast printables can catch up
 

2023-03-31: 

Sketchfab: 35 Likes, 165 Downloads, 983 Views
Printables: 0 (initial upload)

2023-06-30:

Sketchfab: 36 Likes, 209 Downloads, 1.396 Views
Printables: 36 Likes, 111 Downloads,  745 Views

2023-09-30:

Sketchfab: 37 Likes, 260 Downloads, 1655 Views
Printables: 48 Likes, 177 Downloads,  992 Views 

 

NSFW:

i also figured, that it is safe to remove the NSFW flag - since this is a piece of history and art - if even the conservative, and prude Facebook allows the Venus of Willendorf uncensored, then Prusa Research can too.