Fig 2 – Jewellery Grave Group Of ‘The La Madeleine Infant’ Containing The Prehistoric Skeleton Of A 5-7 Year Old Girl Wearing Animal Teeth And Snail Shell Jewellery. c.10000 – 8000 BC

The Prehistoric Jewellery Grave Group known as ‘The La Madeleine Infant’ in which the skeleton of a 5 – 7 year old girl is adorned in jewellery consisting of a head wreath, necklace, and pairs of elbow, wrist, knee and ankle bracelets made from animals’ teeth and snails’ shells. Found at La Madeleine in France and dating to c.10,000 – 8,000 BC.
La Madeleine, Dordogne, France
Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, France

Postcard 1 – Prehistoric Skeleton Of A 5-7 Year Old Girl Wearing Animal Teeth And Snail Shell Jewellery

c.10,000 – 8,000 BC – Jewellery Grave Group consisting of a head wreath, necklace, and pairs of elbow, wrist,
knee and ankle bracelets made from animals’ teeth and snails’ shells. Found on the skeleton of a 5 – 7 Year Old Girl.
From La Madeleine, Dordogne, France.
Postcard 1 from 300 Little Gems Exhibition By Dr Sarah McAleer