On a possible ritual hunting scene in Legteitira 5 shelter (Agüenit, Western Sahara)

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Published 31-03-2014
Andoni Sáenz de Buruaga

Abstract

The presence of human figures with large heads depicted on one of the artistic panels of Legteitira 5 shelter generates different views on its meaning. Besides the strangeness of the composition, one must add that for the moment, this is a unique case in the iconographic repertoire of Western Sahara. The hypothesis of a possible link with head masks, within the symbolic context of a ritual cynegetic scene, could perhaps be considered an explanatory argument.

 
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