Lyre Trig fish engraving

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a single fish; one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.

A single Aboriginal engraving of a fish, with “pointed head, oval body, two eyes, two fins opposite one another one of which is attached to the outline, good tail at angle to body, as if swimming”.

  • AWAT5233 LR Lyre Trig fish engraving
  • AWAT5235 LR Lyre Trig fish engraving

Lyre Trig fish engraving - Site Summary

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Fish
  • Quality: 2.5
  • Condition of engravings: Good
  • View site sketch
  • AHIMS site ID: 45-3-0487
  • Year first recorded: 1969
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
  • McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 11 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig N (Series 11, p.54)

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