Hand stencils, hand prints, and dots 

Hand stencil, Red Panels Gallery, Chauvet
Image Source: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/gallery/hand_mammoth.jpg
(accessed April 13, 2014)


The Panel of the Dotted Animal, the Brunel Chamber, Chauvet
Red dots were made by coating the palm with red ochre, then pressing the palm against the cave wall.  Traces of ochre on the fingers caused their imprint to occasionally be visible (Clottes 64, 70).
Image source: http://www.phaidon.com/resource/caveart-33-02.jpg
(accessed April 13, 2014)


Panel of Hand Prints with semi-circle of dots, Red Panels Gallery, Chauvet
Image source: http://donsmaps.com/images22/handprintspositive.jpg
(accessed April 14, 2014)