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Fig.1.Campanine,Rock61.Warriorupon
Fig.2.Naquane,Rock35.Runningfigurewith
acoupleofducks(MiddleIronAge)
asolar-shapedhead(MiddleIronAge)
Furthermore,uponNaquane(Rock1)wefindfourimagesofwomenexecut-
edinschematicstylewithbigopenhands.Theheadsandnecksoftwoofthem
aredetachedfromtheirshoulders,perhapsrepresentingthesplittingofasha-
manduringthetrance(Fig.1).Additionally,uponthesamerockdatingtothe
4thmillenniumBCEwereengravedtwohumanfigures(male,schematicstyle),
withbigopenhandsandnaturalisticsexualattributes.Thesefiguresweresur-
roundedbyIronAgedepictionsofaherdofdeer,dogsandtwobirdsinaclose
association;thus,redefiningthesetwohumansas‘mastersofanimals’inthe
IronAge.Asimilarmeaningcouldbeassignedtoascenenearby,whereastag
andahumanbustwereaddedintheMiddleIronAgetoahumanfigurewith
openhandsthatwasengravedduringtheBronzeAge.
Humanbusts(i.e.humanswithoutthelowerpartofthebody)areamotif
frequentlyfoundduringtheChalcolithictoLateIronAge;theyrarelyholdweap-
ons,andareoftencloselyassociatedwithhumanandanimalfigures,granary-
huts(connectedtofunerarysymbolism)andotherscenes.Thisclassofimages
couldalso,perhaps,representguardianspirits,ancestorsand,especiallywhen
bigopenhandsarefeatured,evenshamansduringtheir‘soultravels’.
