therianthrope

mythological figure

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rock art

  • Cueva de las Manos (“Cave of the Hands”)
    In rock art: Rock art in Asia

    The latter depicts several therianthropes, composite human-animal figures, that appear to be pursuing wild pigs and some kind of dwarf bovid. The site also contains hand stencils, which the artist made by pressing a clean hand against a rock surface and blowing pigment around it through a pipe.

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