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Site and People records
Uganda Pygmy (Forest Hunter Gatherers, Batwa)
Adamai I
Site
Brief description of site: The shelter is approximately 5m wide, 3m deep from the drip line and 3m high. The shelter as a small boulder sitting on a larger boulder at the edge of an old quarrying site. The shelter is relatively concealed by bushes. The shelter has a southerly outlook towards the plains. Immediately below it is a pool of water that appears to be as a result of quarrying rather than a natural formation.
Brief description of art: It is difficult to conclude whether the variations in pigment colour are as a result of several episodes of painting at difficult times, or whether they were painted at the same time. There are traces of red and white pigment of unclear motifs. The red is a very dark colour. Red motifs appear as smudges at the extreme left of the panel. All red motifs appear to have been finger painted, whereas the orange dots appear to have been painted with a brush or a pointed implement.
Kachumbala I
Site
Brief description of site: The site is a small open shelter measuring approximately 9.80m long, 4m wide and 2.3m high. The site faces south westerly.
Brief description of art: The images appear finger painted in red monochrome pigment. The panel surface has traces of indeterminate white motifs. There are geometric shapes such as a circle with a red dot, an irregular spread-eagle design in red outline with red circular motifs below it. There is also a distinct gridiron motif.
Kakoro III
Site
Brief description of site: The site is a relatively small low shelter that goes deep into the rock with a very small aperture. Access to the shelter is by crawling. It is a conspicuous rock at the south west end of the saddle-shaped hill.
Brief description of art: The images are in white and are on the ceiling of the shelter. It is difficult to see all of the images clearly since they are covered in graffiti. Those that can be seen include, a V shaped motif with a central line that ends at a point where it meets a rayed outline white circle. This motif is approximately 45cm long and 30cm wide. There is another rayed circle with a long line on one end next to another geometric motif. These images are not familiar motifs in the rock art of this region, but probably formed part of the regular repertoire that has been lost due to flaking and graffiti.
Kakoro V
Site
Brief description of site: The shelter as approximately 4m wide, 2.25m deep and 1.6m high. South west facing shelter of a very large boulder resting on a granite outcrop, with a commanding view of the village. The shelter faces Wanale Mountains in the eastern town of Mbale. West of this shelter is another similarly large shelter with no paintings. The shelter is concealed by vegetation.
Brief description of art: The image appears to be brush painted in a red monochrome pigment. It is difficult to discern what the image is.
Kakoro VI
Site
Brief description of site: This site is in a small shelter and is easily accessible.
Brief description of art: The images are very unclear and done in a red monochrome pigment. The dominant motifs on are one small red solid circle as well as another small circle in outline.
Kalengo I
Site
Brief description of site: It is a relatively medium sized shelter, approximately 8m long. The panels are in the shape of two blade knives at two points of the boulder. The shelter is also concealed between two separate boulders covered in bushes. The shelter looks out towards marshy fields.
Brief description of art: All the images are in red monochrome outline. The images are also distributed on two panels within the site.
Kapiri I
Site
Brief description of site: This is an impressive shelter with a good commanding view of L. Bisinia, surrounding village and plains. This is part of a large boulder that rests on several small boulders, forming an enclosure. The floor of the shelter is covered with grass, with a large portion slightly raised. The shelter measures approximately 9m long, 7.20m wide.
Brief description of art: The motifs are in red monochrome as well as white monochrome. All the paintings are in the wash area. There are six red concentric circles and two rayed circles similar to the motifs at UGA-NYE2. The motifs in red and white in between are at the far right end of the shelter panel, and lower edges of the panel surface. The circular images have red lines through them, or through them. The figures appear to have been finger painted.
Kapiri II
Site
Brief description of site: The site is on a small boulder that rests at about a 30° angle on a large granite slab that forms the base. The site consists of two panels, on two sides of the boulder. Panel A is well sheltered from sunshine and measures 8m long and 3.70m wide and 2.15m high. Panel B is difficult to access. Only the nimble footed can get to it. Panel A overlooks lake Bisinia to the east.
Brief description of art: The motifs appear finger painted in bright red monochrome, thick paste. It is possible that the motifs covered eighty percent of the panel surface, but they have now flaked off. The traces comprise of a rayed concentric circle of creamish red and bright red interspersed. Other motifs in red are indeterminate parts of what were probably concentric circles or other geometric motifs. The changes in colour may be due to a reaction between minerals and the pigment where the original colours were red and white.