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Brief description of art: Rhinoceros with microdots: This image is easily recognised as a pecked engraving of a rhinoceros. The rhino is emerging from a crack resulting in an appearance of incomplete limbs. The shape of the back line is proportionate to that of a rhino down to the very detail of the raised tail. Microdots emerge from the back line as well as the head of the rhino. The microdots are pecked in a spray-like appearance.

Gemsbok : The large straight horns make this antelope readily recognisable in San rock art. This pecked representation of a gemsbok lacks the fine detail that is visible in the rhino engraving. A spray of fine elongated pecks accentuates the gentle hump on the back.

Hippopotamus: This image is made with elongated pecking marks. The animal is clearly a hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) due to the distinctively rounded belly. Very little detail is visible in this engraving.

Birds and Ostriches: There is a single image of a bird with head facing backward. The two are legs and rounded body is very distinctly a small sparrow-like bird. There are three ostriches on the same boulder. The boulder has split into two pieces. One boulder contains just a single ostrich. The other boulder has two ostriches separated by a large crack and face opposite directions.

Human figures and Geometrics: There are two distinct human figures that are stick-like in appearance. The geometrics include sunbursts, concentric circles, circles, semi-circles, rectangles and squares.