In this paper, we discuss observations from fieldwork in northern Kenya which revealed solid evidence for a vital ongoing rock art tradition among warriors of Samburu—lmurran. They make rock art during their lives as warriors, typically between the ages of 15 and 30, when they live away from their villages, herding cattle and thus representing a specific ‘community of practice’. Our findings reveal that Samburu rock art is made predominantly as a leisure occupation, while camping in shelters, as part of activities also involving the preparation of food. Typical images include domestic animals, humans (both men and women) and occasionally wild animals such as elephants and rhinos. Each age-set and new generation of lmurran is inspired by previous artwork, but they also change the tradition slightly by adding new elements, such as the recent tradition of writing letters and names close to the images. We conclude that even though rock art as such is not part of any ritual or ceremonial setting, it plays an important role as an inter-generational visual culture that transfers a common ongoing cultural engendered warrior identity through time.

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“我已经完成了数百幅岩画”：肯尼亚北部桑布鲁正在进行的岩画传统

在本文中，我们讨论了在肯尼亚北部实地考察的观察结果，这些观察结果揭示了桑布鲁战士中重要的持续岩石艺术传统的确凿证据——林默兰. 他们在作为战士的一生中创作岩石艺术，通常在 15 至 30 岁之间，那时他们远离村庄，放牧牛群，因此代表了一个特定的“实践社区”。我们的研究结果表明，桑布鲁岩画主要是作为一种休闲职业，而在避难所露营时，作为还涉及准备食物的活动的一部分。典型的图像包括家畜、人类（男性和女性）以及偶尔的野生动物，如大象和犀牛。每个年龄段和新一代林默兰灵感来自以前的艺术作品，但他们也通过添加新元素略微改变了传统，例如最近在图像附近写字母和名字的传统。我们得出的结论是，尽管摇滚艺术本身不是任何仪式或仪式环境的一部分，但它作为一种跨代视觉文化发挥着重要作用，它随着时间的推移转移了一种共同持续的文化产生的战士身份。