Tchitundu-Hulu Rock Art - Art rupestre de Namibie, Angola

A film about the paintings and engravings at two of the four rock art sites of Tchitundu-Hulu: Tchitundo-Hulo Mulume or man, and Tchitundo-Hulu Mucai or woman. The complex is located in the Moçâmedes desert, the furthermost northern extension of the Namib Desert. The two sites stand about a kilometer apart, the former, set on an inselberg, has multiple rock carvings, with an overhang or shelter with drawings on its roof and the latter is composed of a smaller shelter with two cavities.
The two sites contain a large number of star-like motifs and abstract designs, and a smaller number of animal-like designs and one or two possible anthromorphic designs, expressing essential elements of the thought and belief system of the Ovatwa peoples of the time. The carvings and paintings are superimposed, one layer upon another, indicating permanent human presence and rock carving tradition at the site. The carvings have been dated back to 2600 years to the Late Stone Age.
Today the region is occupied by Ovakuvale and Ovahimba cattle farmers, and other Otjiherero language speaking communities. It is located near the Iona National Park that runs onto the Kunene River border between Namibia and Angola