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I hope that more museums follow the Asian Art Museum’s example. We’ve come a long way, but there’s still a long way to go,” Davis said.

Rock art is dominated by four basic colors, he explained; red and yellow, often formed of a natural clay earth pigment known as ochre, black, created using charcoal, and white, sometimes applied ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, including blood, porcupine quills, and ostrich eggshells.