The skull of “Donna del Caviglione” (Woman of Caviglione cave), found at the Late Palaeolithic burial of Cave Caviglione (Balzi Rossi), Italy.
Her skeleton was unearthed in 1872 by archaeologist Emile Rivière.
Her skull is entirely covered by small marine shells and red deer teeth.
The Lady of Cavillon — this 25,000-year-old woman was buried wearing a skullcap decorated with sea-snail shells covered in red ochre and finished with a fringe of perforated deer teeth
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