The First Dog Burial by Ancient Humans I recently commissioned Ettore Mazza to create an ancient dog funeral. To my knowledge, there is no art representing this right now. I'd like to point out a few things about this art. These Moravian Upper Paleolithic people are fully clothed for the ice age - not shirtless. There’s men, there’s women, and there’s children. There's a shaman adorning the dog with symbolic ochre. The people even have tattoos and jewelry. Most importantly, you can see in this scene that there is legitimate emotion. Look closely at the sadness of the individuals laying the dog to rest. Look at the woman with the infant consoling the child who’s holding her leg. While another individual can’t bear to look at the scene. Now take note of the other clan members in the background, observing respectably from afar, as this family lays their loved one to rest. This is how people used to live. They weren't less than human. They were us. Ettore nailed it. @ettore.mazza @ethnocynology #paleoart #prehistory #caveart #archaeology #anthropology #humanity #humans #evolution #cave #caveart #nature #scicomm #iceage #science #primitivetechnology#bushcraft #outdoors #burial #prehistory #prehistoric #wolvesofinstagram #czechrepublic #wolfstagram #dogart #painting #dogpainting #wolf #wolves #dogs #art (at Czech Republic) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Dv6jOAgk7/?igshid=1ect6u2ro46oa
