Model_19-28112017. Sivré II shelter (processed by DStretch_CRGB). The faded paintings of this panel include two stencil hands and a variety of paintings of the pre-pastoral period. A crouched human in the Sivré style is framed in a shallow oval niche at the centre of the bottom wall. An elephant, a possible sex symbol, and an ictyomorphic motif are present to its left. This last resembles a fish but could also represent an anthropomorphic figure since the lower “fin” to the right has traits could represent feet fingers. The small figures in solid colour shown in a variety of poses are attributable to the Mayguili style, the oldest painting style identified by Bailloud (1997). The crouched figure in the oval niche partially overlaps one of this figure. On the ceiling, to the left, a single anthropomorphic figure drawn by the outline is present. Reference: The lost archaic paintings of Sivré IV (Ennedi, Chad).
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