M0004767: Cave painting depicting a man masked as a bison playing the nose flute.

Date:
September 1936
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/38/60
Part of:
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced Oct 2021: Illustration of Homme masque en Bison jourant de la flute

Description

Illustration of a man masked as a bison playing the nose flute and following two reindeer, one of several paintings found in the Cave of the Trois-Frères, Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège. Image taken from 'Un dessin de la grotte des Trois frères (Montesquieu-Avantès) Ariège' Breuil, Henri published in 'Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres', 1930, 74-3, pp. 261-264. Slide number: 1688

Publication/Creation

September 1936

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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