This pen was issued to commemorate the 13th International Convention of Prehistoric and Protohistoric sciences. The significance of these drawings gains from the knowledge that, although primarily graphic in nature, they convey a visual language that even today is in some way understandable. One could call this a proto-language, a precursor to pictographs and the phonetic language we share today.

Mankind existed in a time when the finger was the writing instrument and sand, the paper. The OMAS Tassili pays homage to man's evolution.

The representation of man in a simple landscape carries meaning even after 6,000 years.

The theme is beautifully represented on the bronze cap where the design captures multiple figures in action with what we assume is game.