Origins 001—005
Cueva de las Manos
9000 BCE
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Hands Across Ten Thousand Years
The most striking images at Cueva de las Manos are the hand stencils: negative prints made by spraying pigment around hands pressed to the rock. Layered in dense clusters, they come from many different individuals and time periods. Together, they form a collective statement that stretches over thousands of years—a visual chorus of presence across deep time.
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The most striking images at Cueva de las Manos are the : negative prints made by spraying pigment around hands pressed to the rock. Layered in dense clusters, they come from many different individuals and time periods. Together, they form a collective statement that stretches over thousands of years—a visual chorus of presence across deep time.