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  • Foto Number: SAR-334

334 - Aouanrhet (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - The "White Lady" and the "Masked Sorcerer". The "White Lady" has nothing to do with her namesake from South Africa, who charmed Abbé Breuil, nor with a local depiction of another highly adorned woman. Here, it is a massive figure with a "round head" crowned with a feather (?). Facing her, on the left, the face of a man wearing a white loincloth, with his body depicted in a pattern of small diamonds. Everything is typically African.

  • Keywords:
    Africa Algeria Sahara Tassili des Aijer In-Aouanrhet woman rock painting Rock art Round heads era SaharaArtRupestre

Description

  • Foto Number: SAR-334

334 - Aouanrhet (Tassili-n'Ajjer). - The "White Lady" and the "Masked Sorcerer". The "White Lady" has nothing to do with her namesake from South Africa, who charmed Abbé Breuil, nor with a local depiction of another highly adorned woman. Here, it is a massive figure with a "round head" crowned with a feather (?). Facing her, on the left, the face of a man wearing a white loincloth, with his body depicted in a pattern of small diamonds. Everything is typically African.

  • Keywords:
    Africa Algeria Sahara Tassili des Aijer In-Aouanrhet woman rock painting Rock art Round heads era SaharaArtRupestre

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