statuette discovered by Édouard Piette during excavations of the Magdalenian layers (ca. 15,000 years BP) of the Mas d?Azil Cave at Mas d'Azil (Ariège). It was sculpted in ronde-bosse aplatie from reindeer antler; it depicts a bison. Unfortunately, the head is missing after it was broken in Antiquity. The two sides of the animal are identical, with the exception of three vertical lines engraved in the left flank. The animal appears to be standing still, its head lowered, the legs unmoving and the tail erect. The slender outline is that of a female, which is confirmed by the presence of a vulva. The volume and the outline of the body are skilfully rendered, along with the many anatomical details.

Object on display at the Piette Gallery and, in the form of a cast, in the Palaeolithic Gallery of the National Archaeology Museum - Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Length = 11.0 cm; Width = 8.0 cm; Thickness = 2.0 cm. MAN 47 037