digital photograph(colour)
- Museum number
- 2013,2034.13164
- Description
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Digital photograph (colour); view of painted rock art on a rock shelter wall showing several indistinct figures in white, including a large circle at the upper left with several white daubings within it, several horizontal lines with vertical lines emanating from the bottom of them to the centre and right (animals?) and a cross at the centre of the image. The upper right appears to have been whitewashed and some of the pigment/paint has run down in drips from the upper left of the image. Laikipia, Kenya
Born digital
- Production date
- April 2012
- Dimensions
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File size: 120 megabytes
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Resolution: 300 dots per inch
- Curator's comments
- Many rock paintings in the Laikipia area appear to correspond to the tradition of rock painting by initiated men from Maa- speaking societies during meat feasting activities. Traditionally, Samburu and Maasai men 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.
It is unknown whether the images at this site correspond to this tradition. The concentric circles may be the worth of Batwa (hunter-gatherer peoples).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2013
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2013,2034.13164
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: KENLAI0130008 (TARA number)