Squatting figure
WHS where a squatting figure is used as a decorative or religious motif.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Kakadu National Park | "The squatting figure painted in the X-ray style in Kakadu National Park in Australia is also very eye-catching. It's inferred that it might be associated with the patterns of ancestral spirits painted by the aboriginal, but the squatting-posture shape is rare to find in the rock art site in the Park, and it's not the dominant human figure." (Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Nomination file, p. 209) | |
| Rock Drawings in Valcamonica | "The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica in Italy is another treasure house for the squatting figure symbols, with not only a large quantity of them, but also rich variations. But on the whole, the squatting figures are scattered loosely in comparatively simple scenes." (Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Nomination file, p. 209) | |
| Si Thep | The commonest design among the ‘stucco dwarfs’ is a squatting figure with greatly enlarged ear lobes. | |
| Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art | "Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art is themed with "squatting figure", (...) The creation and style of the "squatting figure" are highly stereotyped, and they form numerous independent rock art panels together with other patterns. (...) The predominance of "squatting figure" and the use of it as the basic symbol of the expression system are original in the world." (Nomination file, p. 207) |
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