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Dolní Vĕstonice Portrait Head: The oldest known human portrait in the world

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Carved with stone tools out of mammoth ivory , the tiny head measures just 1.9 inches ( 4.8 centimeters ) tall and 1 inch ( 2.4 cm ) wide.

It is considered the oldest surviving portrait of a person anywhere in the world, at 26,000 years old .

During the Upper Paleolithic period, a band of mammoth hunters set up camp at Dolní Vstonice in the Czech Republic .