The kits included a pair of abalone shells holding paint made from a red dirt known as ocher. (discovermagazine.com)
In addition to pieces of ochre that appear to have been engraved — the oldest such abstract art in the world — archaeologists have found tool kits that included abalone shells used as containers to mix ochre with crushed bone, charcoal, quartz and other material to make paint. (discovermagazine.com)