digital photograph(colour)
- Museum number
- 2013,2034.19076
- Description
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Digital photograph (colour); view of engraved rock art showing three figures, from left to right: figure standing on two legs bending forward with arms outstretched and animal-like head facing left, with phallus and tail (therianthrope?) adjacent to figure facing left with hands on hips, with phallus and wearing possible back skirt; probably later addition of oblong-shaped object across figure’ shoulder. On far left: an unidentified outline figure. Northern Cape, South Africa.
Born digital
- Production date
- 21 June 2007
- Dimensions
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File size: 28.70 megabytes
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Resolution: 300 dots per inch
- Curator's comments
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See also 2013,2034.19061-19075 and 19077.
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These engravings are located at a roadside site in the Karoo in the Northern Cape.
The Karoo is a semi-desert region covering around 150,000 square miles in South Africa’s Cape region. The extent of the Karoo is not precisely defined, and is best circumscribed by its topography, geology, vegetation and climate, of low rainfall and extremes of heat and cold. Millions of years ago this region hosted a well-preserved ecosystem which is now represented by many fossils.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2013
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2013,2034.19076
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: SOANTC0120021 (TARA number)