Seeking Tassili Cave Painting Photograph

August 9, 2007 9:39 AM

Seeking Tasilli Cave Painting photograph

I would like to find a relatively high resolution copy of the photograph used as a basis for this depiction.

I have only been able to find it referenced in out of print books and I am hesitant to purchase anything dead tree online as I do not know the contents or if this specific painting is even featured.

Images I have found online focus on other paintings in the caves, dancing rituals, fertility depictions, hunting resources and other standards.

Relevant excerpt: Ancient paintings of mushroom-ed humanoids dating to 5,000 B.C. have been found in caves on the Tassili plateau of Northern Algeria.

posted by prostyle to media & arts (2 comments total)

This looks like it. Far less distinct after eons, sadly.
posted by CunningLinguist at 11:02 AM on August 9, 2007

Aha, that will have to do! Thank you, CunningLinguist!
posted by prostyle at 4:03 PM on August 9, 2007