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Oceania
Hunting scene, Leang Bulu' Sipong 4
Unknown
When it was made
at least 43,900 years ago
How do we know this date?
We know it is at least this old — possibly older. (minimum date; possibly the oldest narrative scene)
Certainty: moderate Source: Nature
A composition of therianthropic figures hunting wild animals — perhaps the oldest narrative in art.
Facts
- Culture
- Early Homo sapiens
- Place of origin
- Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Where it is today
- in situ
- Institution
- in situ
- Type
- Rock art
- Material
- ochre
- Movement / style
- Paleolithic art
