A panel of paintings showing humans herding animals in South Africa.
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A rock art painting of an eland from Phuthiatsana Valley in Lesotho.
An example of a fine-line painting from the later Stone Age.
These paintings of human figures and an eland are from the Maclear District in South Africa.
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