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by newby 1570 days ago
Probably not what you had in mind, but the first thing that popped into my mind after reading the subtitle of your post was Venus of Dolni Vestonice, a little ceramic figurine of a woman dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE. Beautiful piece of art in my opinion (although beauty standards have changed).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Doln%C3%AD_V%C4%9Bsto...

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That looks like a pretty accurate representation of an elderly multigravida. Given the likelihood that it’s a fertility charm of some sort, it’s not really indicating anything about changing beauty standards. I imagine if it is a charm that indicating surviving multiple pregnancies was part of the significance.