Bringing the art inside: A preliminary analysis of black linear rock-art from limestone caves in Erromango, Vanuatu

Oceania

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-97

  Wilson, Meredith ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 45749103763     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1999.tb02991.x     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. The definition of a motif is taken from Maynard: A recurrent visual image which has a particular arrangement of components (1976: 100).
2. A rock drawing is a Mark made by adding dry pigment to a rock surface. (Flood 1987:120).
3. The term picture is used interchangeably with the term mark, which is defined by Clegg as: Any drawing, painting, engraving etc., which is probably a human artefact. (l981 :222).
4. This would be particularly important for examining relationships between design production and gender, as tattooing in Erromango was an exclusively female activity. This may also shed light on the presence of the enigmatic leaf-shapes in the rock art.