Mammoth ivory statuette representing a therianthropic being, with human posture and a lion’s head. The upper limbs show cross engravings which could suggest scarifications. The complex can be interpreted as a ritual disguise or the representation of the transformation from human into animal or vice-versa. The artifact has been found in the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave, in south-western Germany and dates back to the Aurignacian period (34/30,000 years B.P.). The object is now exhibited at the Ulmer Museum in Ulm, Germany.

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