rock art
Oceania
Warty pig of Leang Tedongnge
Unknown
When it was made
at least 45,500 years ago
How do we know this date?
We know it is at least this old — possibly older. (minimum date (U-series dating of flowstone))
Certainty: moderate Source: Science Advances
One of the oldest known figurative depictions of an animal — a life-size painting of a warty pig.
Facts
- Culture
- Early Homo sapiens
- Place of origin
- Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Where it is today
- in situ (Leang Tedongnge)
- Institution
- in situ
- Type
- Rock art
- Material
- ochre
- Movement / style
- Paleolithic art
