The painted cave is shown here at center frame.
These Chumash pictographs are located in a remarkable cave with a lofty view overlooking the surrounding countryside. It has a level floor and is relatively deep and spacious inside. It’s a superb shelter.
The ceiling inside and a bit of the wall are covered in some of the most spectacular polychrome rock art in the Chumash territory. Both the complexity of the abstract designs and the variety of colors, including orange blue and green, make it a notable standout.
The paint is thickly applied, almost in a paste consistency, as if spackled onto the sandstone. It’s apparent that natural erosion has erased much of the paint over the years and that the interior of the cave was at one time decorated with a far larger panel of art reminiscent of a mural.
What appears to be a leg and a foot.
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