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An abstract representation engraved on a piece of red ochre recovered
from Middle Stone Age layers at Blombos Cave. It was surrounded by a
number of small, basin-shaped hearths. The engraving consists of a row
of cross hatching, bounded top and bottom by parallel lines and
divided through the middle by a third parallel line that divides the
lozenge shapes into triangles. The engraving can be considered a
complex geometric motif and may have been constructed with symbolic
intent, the meaning of which is now unknown. (SAMAA8938)
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