Dear MG: Have you ever taken a close look at the pictures of the Venus of Willendorf? A lady very successful in women's fashions got interested in archaeology, and noticed something that many hundred
men had overlooked. They talked about the Venus having a fancy hairdo, but when the lady looked at it, she discovered that it was not an elaborate hairdo, but a cap. Looking at the cap after reading this, I suspect very strongly that it was of small knitted squared joined together. Take a look and see what you
think. I'll have to go looking for URL.

PS here is URL http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop.data.image.v/v136200a.jpg

PPS This picture does not look so much like little squares as the one I remember, but does look like
knitting. What do you think? Incidentally the lady who noticed the cap, also detected that the original
had been covered by some sort of garment, which the men had not seen.