The Magdalenian "Venus" from Laugerie-Basse is headless, footless, armless but with a strongly incised vulva.

Despite 'Venus' suggesting fertility, its features and flat stomach lead some to believe the figure depicts a young girl.

It is from this name that we get the term "Venus figurines" commonly used for Stone Age sculptures of this kind.

Despite considerable diversity in opinion amongst archeologists and in paleoanthropological literature as to the function and significance of the figures,[2] the name arises from the assumption that the figurines represent an ancient ideal of beauty.

As a result, critics, such as Vandewettering, have highlighted that this could be a reflection of androcentric interpretations of the Venus figurines that, she suggests, were the starting point for archaeological understandings.