A unique item of prehistoric art, the Venus of Brassempouy is a surviving fragment of an ivory carving (broken in antiquity) which was unearthed in 1892 at Brassempouy, in the department of Landes in southwest France in 1892. Dated to about 23,000 years BCE, The carving is roughly 3.5 cm in height, 2.2 cm deep and 1.9 cm wide. Unlike the other venuses found at Brassempouy and elsewhere, this particular one contains clear facial features of forehead, brows, eyes, nose but no mouth.