http://ask.metafilter.com/68927/Seeking-Tassili-Cave-Painting-Photograph/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Seeking Tassili Cave Painting Photograph Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:02:13 -0800 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:02:13 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/68927/Seeking-Tassili-Cave-Painting-Photograph Seeking <a href="http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?i=mushrooms/mushrooms_art2.jpg">Tasilli Cave Painting</a> photograph <br /><br /> I would like to find a relatively high resolution copy of the photograph used as a basis for this depiction. <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Images I have found online focus on other paintings in the caves, dancing rituals, fertility depictions, hunting resources and other standards.<br> <br> Relevant <a href="http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms_history.shtml">excerpt</a>: <em>Ancient paintings of mushroom-ed humanoids dating to 5,000 B.C. have been found in caves on the Tassili plateau of Northern Algeria.</em> post:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.68927 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:39:06 -0800 prostyle cavepainting mushrooms longshot http://ask.metafilter.com/68927/Seeking-Tassili-Cave-Painting-Photograph#1030692 <a href="http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ta/painting13.jpg">This</a> looks like it. Far less distinct after eons, sadly. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.68927-1030692 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:02:13 -0800 CunningLinguist http://ask.metafilter.com/68927/Seeking-Tassili-Cave-Painting-Photograph#1031077 Aha, that will have to do! Thank you, <em>CunningLinguist!</em> comment:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.68927-1031077 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:03:54 -0800 prostyle