Immediately to the left of the Bearded Horse and on the same level is the Frieze of the Seven Ibexes. The depiction is limited to the heads, horns and necks of these animals, which all face the entrance. The composition is divided into two groups distinguished by the use of colour and a larger space between the fourth and fifth ibex. Initially the horns were painted reddish-brown and the necks were black. Today, nothing remains except patches of pigment here and there. The group on the right were painted in a monochrome reddish-brown. Both groups are in a similar state of preservation, as the corroded and very crumbly wall has left very little pigment in place.
At the centre of the frieze, sharp eyes can detect an engraved head of a doe, facing in the opposite direction to the ibexes.
© Ministère de la Culture/Centre National de la Préhistoire/Norbert Aujoulat
© Ministère de la Culture/Centre National de la Préhistoire/Norbert Aujoulat
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