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Gwion Gwion rock paintings
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The Gwion Gwion rock paintings, Gwion figures, Kiro Kiro or Kujon are one of the two major regional traditions of rock art found in the north-west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Key traditiona
Gwion Gwion (Tassel) figures wearing ornate costumes
Gwion Gwion (Tassel) figures wearing ornate costumes
Drawings of Gwion Gwion rock paintings in the Kimberley region of Western Australia depicting the four traditional styles (resized for comparison)
Drawings of Gwion Gwion rock paintings in the Kimberley region of Western Australia depicting the four traditional styles (resized for comparison)
Gwion Gwion figures superimposed over a kangaroo and snake. Prince Regent River area of the Kimberley. Drawn by Joseph Bradshaw in April 1891 Backburn
Gwion Gwion figures superimposed over a kangaroo and snake. Prince Regent River area of the Kimberley. Drawn by Joseph Bradshaw in April 1891 Backburning has since largely destroyed the original painting.
Indigenous Australian rock art in the later Wandjina style
Indigenous Australian rock art in the later Wandjina style
Prehistoric art
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In the history of art, prehistoric art is all art produced in preliterate, prehistorical cultures beginning somewhere in very late geological history, and generally continuing until that culture eithe
Gwion Gwion rock paintings
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The Venus of Hohle Fels, dated circa 41,000 BP. Germany
The Venus of Hohle Fels, dated circa 41,000 BP. Germany
Prehistoric painting of rhinoceroses in the Chauvet Cave, France, dated circa 35,000 BP
Prehistoric painting of rhinoceroses in the Chauvet Cave, France, dated circa 35,000 BP
Pseudodon shell DUB1006-fL with the earliest known geometric engravings, supposedly, made by Homo erectus; ca. 500,000 BP; from Trinil (Java); Natural
Pseudodon shell DUB1006-fL with the earliest known geometric engravings, supposedly, made by Homo erectus; ca. 500,000 BP; from Trinil (Java); Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Netherlands).
Claimed "Oldest known drawing by human hands", discovered in Blombos Cave in South Africa. Estimated to be 73,000 years old.
Claimed "Oldest known drawing by human hands", discovered in Blombos Cave in South Africa. Estimated to be 73,000 years old.