The statuette is a small anthropomorphic figure, obtained from a splinter of animal bone, yellowish in color with some red spots, probably due to the lying soil. It has a vertical development ending in the lower part with a point, while in the upper part the head is triangular in shape with two parallel horizontal furrows, to indicate the slits of the eyes and mouth, and a third furrow to identify the neck; there is a fracture on the back surface of the head. The arms are stretched out along the sides and end in a point, while at the height of the waist a new furrow separates the lower part from the upper part of the body. Characteristic stylistic elements of this sculpture are the furrows on the face that refer to Parabita figurines, found not very far from this, as if to indicate the presence of a hood covering the face; another characteristic element is the absence of anatomical details such as accentuated breasts and buttocks and the pointed end part, as if the statuette were to be stuck in the ground.

Historical notes

The statuette was found in the autumn of 2001 in the Alimini Lakes area by scholars Cristiano Villani and Francesco Piccinno of the University of Lecce: little is known about the phases of its discovery, but it was certainly collected out of context.