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== Specific pieces == {{unreferenced section|date=May 2022}} * '''Scored Ochre from Pinnacle Point Cave''' This is the oldest portable are discovered to date. It was made approximately 134,000 years ago, and was discovered in Pinnacle Point Cave. Scored ochre has been found in other sites as well, such as a piece from 100,000 years ago in [[Klasies River Caves|Klansies River Cave]], and 17 found in [[Blombos Cave]]. * '''Neschers antler''' [[File:Neschers_Antler,_phys.org.jpg|thumb|Neschers Antler]] This was the first piece of portable art recognized by an archaeologist. Found at [[Neschers]], it is a 12,500 year old reindeer antler with a carving of a horse on the surface. * '''Plaques from Apollo 11 cave''' These are the earliest forms of figurative portable art found in South Africa. Seven Plaques were found in [[Apollo 11 Cave]], all with figures painted on them (such as rhinoceroses, horses, humans, and [[Shapeshifting|therianthropes]].) * '''Ivory Figurines from Swabian Alps''' These are the oldest figurines from Eurasia. These figurines are dated from 35,000 to 30,000 years ago. Several ivory figurines depicting many types of animals were found all over the [[Swabian Alps]].
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