In art, Venus de Milo is called a real standard of female beauty. In addition, this sculpture is called one of the most famous. Nevertheless, Venus is surrounded by a lot of mysteries and myths, especially when it comes to her hands.
The creator of the sculpture is Agesander of Antioch. And he created beautiful Venus 100 years before our era. However, the sculpture was discovered only in 1820. Venus de Milo was found by a sailor from France and a peasant who dug it out in the ruins of an amphitheater. But, not listening to the peasant's advice to ask permission to export the value, the sailor decided to leave the sculpture on the island. Later he had to leave, and the sculpture was discovered by another treasure hunter: the patron saint of the sea, Jules Dumont-Charville. While he was heading to Istanbul to get permission to export the sculpture, another "hunter" came for it - the Turks. During the struggle between the French and the Turks for obtaining historical value, Venus was beaten off both hands.
Researchers are still trying to answer the question of what exactly Venus could do with her own hands. Some are inclined to think that she had a mirror in her hands, while others - that Venus, like the goddess Nike, held a shield. Not so long ago, Elizabeth Weiland made the assumption in her book that Venus was most likely doing yarn, since her pose is very similar to the one that women took during this activity. Designer Cosmo Venman loved this idea and decided to demonstrate a digital version of what Venus de Milo might look like, busy with yarn. In his opinion, a ball of yarn and tools were made of wood and subsequently covered with a thin layer of gold.
Nevertheless, like any hypothesis, this one still needs improvement and more detailed study.