Description
The mysterious "Martian" by Séfar recalls a ritual whose key escapes us. This male figure - the gender is highlighted - has an overlong body. The hands with five fingers are in the posture of a praying man, but the kind of protuberances on the two arms and the shape of the head are inexplicable. He wears two bracelets, which are represented by three lines on each arm. On the left side, a small figure seems to be summoning him. Perhaps he is wearing a belt? The structure with vertical grooves has no known meaning. Mysterious horned animals make the image even more difficult to interpret. The scene, painted in white with red outlines, is at least mysterious and perhaps magical. The distance from hand to hand of the praying man measures 1.55 m.
Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993
