Tyger Klip I

• Tiger Ridge

Brief description of art: Two sites SW facing in a ravine, which is upstream from the deserted buildings, marked as RSA TYG1. The upper site is sparsely painted containing only a few figures. It was neither photographed nor sketched.

RSA TYG1 has 7 panels. Panel 1 contains a depiction of a large, clear person, outlined in white, bending forward. There is also a depiction of a woman holding a digging stick.

Panel 2 contains 4 ostrich, a quagga, and 2 eland. Large bellies are noticeable on the 2 eland and quagga.

Panel 4 contains a depiction of what Woodhouse has labeled a beehive, but there are no bees painted on the rock. A small white antelope is also depicted.

Panel 7 is in a very sheltered corner and is the best-preserved panel. There is a large group scene of about 16 figures all in red. Eight of these figures are outlined in white. The 6 largest figures, average 300-310mm in height. At least 6 figures have 'headdresses' in black with brown/cream dots on them. Six of the figures hold sticks with inverted black triangles on the end that are flecked with dots. The individual fingers of the figures are drawn. None of the figures have penises and 1 figure is clearly female. In the centre of the panel is what appears to be a man/eland combination figure although this is unclear. Superimposed on the left hand part of this group are 10 white figures, most of which are running.
Digging sticks.