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Prehistoric #baby bottles: marvellous feeding vessels in the shape of #animals from Vösendorf and Oberleis, Austria, dating 1200-800 BC. Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.
Photo: Wien Museum
Original: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/110898039703393391
Super cool! I thought wet-nurses and breastfeeding were the only historical options.