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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 9289
- Date of Photo
- 1963
- World Region
- Europe
- Region
- Western Europe
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Midi-Pyrenees
- Political Location
- Niaux
- Geographic Location
- Niaux Cave
- Archaeological Site Name
- Niaux Cave
- Period
- Late Magdalenian
- Culture
- Magdalenian
- Description
- Niaux, France. III Small wounded ibex. 14/4 Between and to the right of the two preceding bison is an ibex of much smaller stature. The size of the ibex may have been deliberated, to minimize its importance vis-à-vis the bison. Of the panel. (In any case, the relation of the ibex to the bison gives no clue to its comparative age. The head of the ibex seems to droop under the impact of the blows it has received: two javelins in the chest.
- Image Categories
- Art: Cave painting
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- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4520 x 3070
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 14806
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-14806/14806
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"Niaux, France. III Small wounded ibex. 14/4 Between and to the right of the two preceding bison is an ibex of much smaller stature. The size of the ibex may have been deliberated, to minimize its importance vis-à-vis the bison. Of the panel. (In any case, the relation of the ibex to the bison gives no clue to its comparative age. The head of the ibex seems to droop under the impact of the blows it has received: two javelins in the chest.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-14806/14806. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 18, 2024.