Friday, May 14, 2010

Rock art motifs from Kakadu National Park, east of Darwin, Australia

The Aborigine motifs -

- Diamond patterns
- diamond-shaped scales
- heads amplified by radiant lines that extend into large, leonine auras,
- long, long arms
- cross hatching
- hands
- boomerangs and boomerang-related weapons
- herringbone rib structures
- knobby rodents
- turtles
- kangaroos
- dingoes
- emus
- circles within circles