I was traveling through a trough Cowboy Junkies, Mariner's Song yesterday and once again succumbed to the one little thing phenomenon. Selecting yams, I saw one with a belly button.
I guess archeologists or art historians agree that Venus of Willendorf's navel occurred naturally in the stone and possibly inspired the artist to carve the surrounding woman.
The purpose of my quest was sacrificial victims for sweet potato crack. Whole Foods had garnet and jewel yams but not sweet potatoes, and the produce clerk had already told me when I inquired if sweet potatoes were in stock that they're the same thing. When I saw the naveled one and giggled, he was right there, ready to take it away as if spoiled. I reassured him I was giggling because it was Woman of Willendorf, not because the store had poor vegetables.
Luckily he knew about the sculpture, so I didn't come off quite as insane as I would have otherwise. But the yam and his ready understanding made me smile. Also he suggested I could sell it on eBay. I wish I had had my camera with me, or was handy enough with a knife to make a Yam of Willendorf. Its navel was big enough fit my pinkie-tip too.