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MR. MILLER CHRISTY, in the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 1913—14, discusses the curious engraved shell from the Red Crag at Walton-on-the-Naze, which has formed the subject of much controversy since it was exhibited at the York meeting of the British Assocition in 1881. It is a crude and inartistic attempt to depict a human portrait. It is much ruder in its execution than the celebrated drawings of the human figure from the French caves and the Bushman drawings from South Africa. It also differs from other drawings of this kind as it represents, not a profile, but a full face. The characteristics of this supposed portrait have been investigated by a special committee, and on the whole Mr. Christy is disposed to agree with its members that the evidence is insufficient to enable us to reach any definite conclusion regarding its age.
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The Prehistoric Society of East Anglia . Nature 94, 572 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/094572a0
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