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Image Not Available for Petroglyph of a rhino tossing a boy
Petroglyph of a rhino tossing a boy
Image Not Available for Petroglyph of a rhino tossing a boy
Object Number 2004.29.12856
Display Title Petroglyph of a rhino tossing a boy
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Africa"; printed on photograph: "A 50,000 years old tragedy: a remarkable prehistoric petroglyph. / Copyright by Illustrated London News. / A black rhinocerous tossing a "Boskop" boy: a wonderful engraving on rock, in South Africa / by an artist of the Palaeolithic period."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • prehistoric Sub-Saharan African periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Photogravure adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.685 × 22.86 cm (7 3/4 × 9 in.)

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