Lie Kere
Lie Kere is a protected area on an overhang in East Timor . It is located on the high plateau of the Baucau administrative office ( municipality of Baucau ), northwest of the city of the same name . In the narrow shelter in a cliff of the lowest terrace of the Baucau plateau there are several rock paintings.
In the local Austronesian language Waimaha “kere” means something like “write”, “mark” or “paint”.
A red climbing plant or a foliage motif, under which three red anthropomorphs lie, is covered in some parts with deposits of carbonates and appears orange-brown. It is associated with another, yellow-red decorative motif, shown in outlines and zigzag lines (yellow and red), with the red overlying the yellow. An abstract red motif with three small crosses above and an anthropomorphic figure below, consisting of triangular yellow crosses, shows deliberate attempts at disfigurement with deep scratches that have exposed the white limestone below. Another red image may show a stylized face with an abstract motif next to it.
Some pictures were painted with black paint, including a lizard-like anthropomorphic figure. Other lizard anthropomorphs and anthropomorphs in red were documented during the first exploration in 1972. Faded red anthropomorphs are also found on the exposed areas of the coral limestone terrace below the overhang. The places are difficult to access, so the painters probably only reached them with ropes or ladders that they could climb down. At least ten other motifs, many of which were faded or partially obscured by carbonate deposits, were photographed here in 1972.
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Sue O'Connor: Nine New Painted Rock Art Sites from East Timor in the Context of the Western Pacific Region , Asia Perspectives, Vol. 42, No.1, 2003 , accessed April 6, 2020.