Kincumba Fishing Scene

Summary: A compact Aboriginal site on Kincumba mountain, wihch includes fish and an eel, as well as some unusual figures.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Eel, Fish, Indeterminate figure, Lines, Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1992
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Perhaps a fishing scene, this compact Aboriginal engraving site on Kincumba mountain contains a large fish (described by Warren Bluff as a flathead) and an eel, as well as some other interesting carvings. Both the fish and eel are about a metre in length, and swimming in the same direction.

AWAT1481 LR Kincumba Fishing Scene

Above the eel and fish are what was described as a line, and an indeterminate feature (which has the appearance of a dragonfly).

AWAT1483 LR Kincumba Fishing Scene
AWAT1499 LR Kincumba Fishing Scene

Near these figures is a mundoe (footprint), and either a second mundoe or an oval-shaped figure.

AWAT1489 LR Kincumba Fishing Scene
AWAT1495 LR Kincumba Fishing Scene

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