The Lion Man

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf prehistoric sculpture
gptkbp:age about 40,000 years old
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Lion-man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Aurignacian
gptkb:Upper_Paleolithic
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Ulmer_Museum
gptkbp:depicts human figure with lion head
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Hohlenstein-Stadel_cave
1939
Swabian Jura, Germany
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Otto_Völzing
gptkbp:gender male
gptkbp:height about 31 cm
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Lion Man
gptkbp:material mammoth ivory
gptkbp:reassembledInYear 1969
gptkbp:significance one of the oldest known examples of figurative art
oldest known zoomorphic sculpture
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marie_Walcamp
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7