cave painting

noun2

1. •
   The paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; cave art; (countable) an individual painting of this type.

   • No natives of this country could, I think, have drawn the cave-paintings [in Buddhist caves found in Khandesh]. — 1851
2. •
   The activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.

   • In another topic on prehistoric man, pupils used 'active learning' methods to construct a 'cave set'; re-enacted cave-painting by homemade candlelight; [...] — 1995