...Khoisan (Khoi-Khoin and San), an indigenous people living in southwestern Africa, have a unique body shape in which the buttocks (buttocks) are significantly swollen and protrude backwards due to the accumulation of a large amount of subcutaneous fat. In anthropology, this physical feature is called fat buttocks. Female statues (statues) made of stone or ivory called "Venus" that have been discovered in late Paleolithic ruins in Europe are famous for showing voluptuous bodies and fat buttocks (such as the Venus of Willendorf), but this is said to be an expression of religious desires such as prayers for fertility rather than a racial characteristic. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "Stone Venus" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…アフリカ南西部に住む原住民コイサン(コイ・コインとサン)の成人女性では,皮下に多量の脂肪が蓄積するために,臀部(しりの部分)がいちじるしくふくらみ,後方に突き出るという特異な体型が見られる。この身体的特徴を,人類学で脂臀と呼ぶ。ヨーロッパの旧石器時代後期遺跡で発見され,〈ビーナス〉と呼ばれている岩石製ないし象牙製の女性像(彫像)が,豊満なからだつきを示し,脂臀の状態をあらわしていることで有名である(ウィレンドルフのビーナスなど)が,このほうは人種的特徴というよりも,豊穣を祈るといった宗教的願望の表現ではないかと言われている。… ※「石のビーナス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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