Robin Hood Cave Horse | |
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![]() Engraving of a horse's head on fragment of rib | |
Material | Bone |
Size | Length: 7.3 cm |
Created | c. 12,750 years ago[1] |
Discovered | July 1876 England, United Kingdom |
Discovered by | J.M. Mello |
Present location | British Museum, London |
The Robin Hood Cave Horse (previously known as the Ochre Horse) is a fragment of a rib engraved with a horse's head, discovered in 1876, in the Robin Hood Cave in Creswell Crags, Derbyshire. It is the only piece of Upper Paleolithic portable art showing an animal to have been found in Britain.[1][2][3] It is now in the British Museum, but normally not on display. In 2013, it was displayed in the exhibition at the British Museum Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind.[4] A replica of the artifact is displayed at the Creswell Crags Museum.