And a New Painting in NG

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The find is significant because « Fr a iar d P e”d h ?n th Unuf h now dS only rough drawing of lizards and other objects of native interest have found.

Father Aufenanger’s pamting said by local natives to , re f sitting child, is three feet high and has outstretched arms and leg painted in brown ochre - bl e d y ea an y d d Ss mb are Pa^e e Vs.tfnf is 150 feet from the of ’ * The huge rock is surrounded by dense jungle, and is not easily

accessible. It is white, apparently limestone, and looks much like a giant fan.

Anthropologist Aufenanger said the artist had forethought enough to paint his picture on the eastern concave side of the rock, thus pro tecting it from incessant rams.

None of the local natives could tell Father Aufenanger anything about the one who painted the P1 Many elderly natives, however, said the painting had been there when they were children and even when their parents were children.

In the local vernacular the rock and painting are called Ku tol mon a”, which simply means. The rock on which there is paint .