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Exploring the Australian Kimberley in 2002 |
Plate 20 |
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Click Here| Site / Plate Number | ||||||
| Site 1 | 19(1) | 20(1) | 21(1) | 22(1) | 23(1) | 24(1) |
| Site 2 | 26(1) | 27(1) | ||||
| Site 3 | 32(1) | |||||
| Site 6 | 10(2) | 11(2) | ||||
| Site 7 | 16(2) | 17(2) | ||||
| Site 8 | 18(2) | |||||
| Site 9 | 24(2) | |||||
| Site 13 | 15(3) | 16(3) | ||||
| Site 14a | 7(4) | |||||
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Plate 20 (1)
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| Figure | 20(1)* |
| Location | Moran River |
| GPS Coordinates |
Undisclosed |
| Site Number | 1 |
| Other Plates from this site | 19(1)*, 21(1)*, 22(1)*, 23(1)*, 24(1)* |
| Location Plate | 25(1)* |
| Location Description |
Art site is in overhang on northern side of Moran River. The Moran River in this locality is enclosed in a deep gorge, and the overhang is towards the base of the gorge wall. Some climbing up large rock slabs is required to reach the art site. |
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Comments
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This panel is on a vertical rock wall. The art is not well preserved. The bottom half of the human figures are better preserved than the top half. The panel is high up the rock wall. It is higher than a person could reach and it appears that the slabs of rock the artists were standing on have since fallen down. This made the art difficult to photograph. The longest human figure depicted is approximately 50cm long. |
| Interpretation | Four distinguishable Bradshaw figures. The Bradshaw figures are a faded mulberry colour. All figures have plan view bodies and are standing upright with straight or slightly bent arms and legs. All four figures are wearing headdresses, however, each headdress is different. The two figures furthest to the right have pompom tips on their dunce cap-like headdresses. The headdress of the figure furthest to the right is leaning towards the left and is longer than the headdress of the adjacent figure. The figure second from the right appears to be facing left and has a headdress that is leaning to the right. Both these figures are wearing knee length grass skirts. The figure second from the left has a mop top-type headdress and the figure furthest to the left has a rabbit ear-like headdress. The two figures furthest to the left have waist decorations. Where distinguishable, these are triple tassel waist decorations. The two figures in the centre have wrist and elbow decorations. Three of the figures have dots around them. Where the hands of the figures are preserved, they show fingers. It cannot be seen if the figures have toes, as the ends of the feet are off the edge of the rock face. These Bradshaw figures have features that identify them as 'Tassel Bradshaws'. |
