Negative hand

The negative hand is a pictorial work carried out by the technique of the Pochoir, while projecting or into blowing a pigment on a hand posed, fingers drawn aside, on a rock face.

This symbol is relatively universal: characteristic of certain phases of the art of the Paleolithic European superior, in particular the Gravettien, one finds it among many other more recent people, in particular in South America, Southeast Asia or at the Aborigènes of Australia.

With regard to the Paleolithic European superior, many negative hands are known in the Grottes of Gargas, the Grotte Cosquer or Pech Merle. In Gargas, the presence of negative hands whose certain phalanges are absent caused very many assumptions. Some alternatives are known, in particular the negative ones of isolated inches or fingers folded up as at Pech Merle.

The positive hands , obtained by applying the coated hand of dye to a wall or by drawing the hand directly, are also known but rarer.

See too

Internal bond

External bonds

  • CNRS: use of the index of Manning for the study of the prints of negative hands in Borneo
  • Quoted of Sciences: even thing but illustrated

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