"In Queensland, Australia, there is an aboriginal site known as 'the wall of 1,000 vulvas', a rock face covered with hundreds of prehistoric carvings unmistakeably depicting vulvas."
"Closer to home are the Sheela-na-gigs of medieval times - stone carvings of naked women with prominent vulvas."
Historical evidence demonstrates that vulvas have been prominently featured in art and cultural representations across different time periods and civilizations. In Queensland, Australia, an aboriginal archaeological site contains hundreds of prehistoric rock carvings explicitly depicting vulvas. Medieval European cultures similarly created stone carvings known as Sheela-na-gigs, which featured naked women with emphasized vulvas. These historical artifacts indicate that vulval imagery held cultural and possibly spiritual significance in ancient and medieval societies. The prevalence of such representations across geographically distant and temporally separated cultures suggests the vulva's enduring importance in human artistic expression and cultural identity.
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