hand stencils
Prehistoric palm prints
Hand stencils are prehistoric images made by placing a hand against a cave wall and blowing pigment around it, leaving a negative silhouette.
Found in caves worldwide, they rank among the oldest known human art forms, some dating back tens of thousands of years.
The term also applies to modern templates shaped like hands used for tracing or decoration.
- caveUnderground hollow in rock
- cave artPrehistoric images on stone
- rock shelterOverhanging cliff refuge
- palmHand's flat interior
- fingersAppendages of the hand
ochre · red ochre · pigment · prehistoric · wall · negative · silhouette · spray · rock · ancient · deep time · imprint · outline · trace · leaving a mark · Lascaux · aboriginal · ritual
- rock artcave paintings, petroglyphs, pictographs, rock art, rock carvings
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- Indigenous AustraliaAboriginal art, Dreamtime, dreaming, corroboree, didgeridoo
- Aboriginal artdot painting, Dreamtime, rock art, ochre, songlines
- Aboriginal Prehistorystone tools, boomerangs, didgeridoo, spears, rock shelters
- ancient artsculpture, sculptures, pottery, mosaics, murals
hand stencilshand prints
Marks left by palms
handprints · painted figures · finger paintings · petroglyphs · carved images
hand stencilsanimal paintings
Artwork portraying fauna
cave paintings · hunting scenes · pictographs · symbolic figures · geometric patterns
hand, hands, handed, handing, handy, handily, handiness, handful, handiwork