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An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)

Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 174

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ture, the nearest approach to which in Pala^o-llthic art are the designs on rocks in South-east Spain, as atAlpera. The Bushman engravings are executed by a slightchipping over the surface of the rock, producing a dottedappearance (Fig. 157). Recent discoveries in the MadoboRange of Southern… … Fig. 156.—Bushman rock painting. Human figures, black. Animals, white,shades of red, and yellow. (From Cav. iVAltainira. After Stow.) rhinoceros, antelepes, lions, snakes, and fish. Some ofthese are 8 to 10 feet long, and painted on the concaveroof. Half a dozen different colours have been employed…

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