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Work Details:
Title:
Cosquer Cave
Culture/Nationality:
Paleolithic
Style:
Gravettian
Date:
c. 18,000-16,500 BCE
Location:
Marseilles
Animals engraved on the same panel
Bison
Black hand stencils, south edge of the large shaft
complete ibex deeply engraved, superimposed on the head of a bison
Eight hand stencils
Engraved horse above ibex
hand stencils marked out
Horse head on a stalagmite
Large black horse
Large red deer
Painted horse above crudely painted horse
painting resembling jellyfish
panel of the horses
Speared man
Stalagmite striped in red
Stalagmitic mass marked with numerous black stains
The only painted ibex
The three great auks