CAVEMAN FIGURINE STATEMENTS

After having completed their figurines we had a discussion about why cavemen would create these kinds of sculptures.  So I asked them to pretend to be a caveman who had just made their figurine.  Then they were to write a statement as to why they created them.  Here are a few examples for you to read.

I am a cavewoman from Lascaux.  I created this figurine because it stands for myself and the patterns on my chest, arms and back symbolize my culturre "wind".  I like to hunt wherever the wind blows.  That's how they came up with my patterns and my nickname "Windy".  We don't cut our hair often, only when the sun is the hottest and the wind doesn't blow.

I am a cavewoman from Lascaux.  I created this figurine because it reminds me of my long lost mother.  She was a very beautiful woman who loved shapes.  She was confident as she stood with one hand on her hip.  Oh how I miss my mother.

I am a cavewoman from Lascaux. I created this figurine because my children had no toys to play with, so I told them stories.  One day they asked what the people and animals looked like, so rather than limiting their imagination, I decided to broden it with characters I modeled and drew.

I am a caveman from Lascaux.  I created this figurine because I wanted to remember what my father looked like on the first day he took me hunting.  I knew he would not live much longer so I decided I would carve out his face in clay to remember him af ter he passed away.