digital photograph(colour)
- Museum number
- 2013,2034.12846
- Description
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Digital photograph (colour); view of painted rock art on the underside of an overhang over water showing lines in white. Enkinyoi, Kenya.
Born digital
- Production date
- 16 August 2012
- Dimensions
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File size: 69.90 megabytes
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Resolution: 300 dots per inch
- Curator's comments
- This site is situated on the Kitengela plain, south of Nairobi. The red paintings at this site were made by Maasai morans or warriors. Initiated men from Maa- speaking societies traditionally make such paintings during meat feasting activities when they may not eat meat in their home compounds and so cook and eat livestock together, some distance away, often at rock shelter sites. During this time they may mark the shelter walls with images reflecting animal brand marks or clan symbols. The white concentric circles may be older, of Batwa (hunter-gatherer) authorship.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2013
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2013,2034.12846
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: KENKAJ0030008 (TARA number)
