Wagenpad 2011/001

The rock paintings are for the most part in the fine line tradition attributed to the ancestors of the San (Bushmen). It is estimated from the existing evidence for dated rock art in the Western Cape and from the content and state of preservation of the paintings that the majority are at least 1000 years old and are unlikely to be older than 5000 years. A total of 118 individual recognizable images (excluding remnant paint patches) were recorded of which more than half (64) are hand prints. 
With the exception of 15 black dots, all are in red or maroon ochre. Human figures outnumber animals by 2:1 but are not well enough preserved to show details of dress. The gender of the 22 human figures is either indeterminate or probably male and several carry either a bow or a stick.
The most unusual painting is of a rhino which is rarely found in the rock art of the Cederberg and West Coast. A thick line of paint topped with finger dots which resemble crenellations was placed above the rhino with a hand print below.