Cueva de las Manos Cueva de las Manos Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) is a cave or a series of caves located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is famous for (and gets its name from) the paintings of hands. The art in the cave dates from 13,000 to 9,000 years ago. Several waves of people occupied the cave, and early artwork has been carbon-dated to ca. 9300 BP (about 7300 BC). The age of the paintings was calculated from the remains of bone-made pipes used for spraying the paint on
Manos: The Hands of Fate final cut. Rather than using double-system recording, all sound effects and dialogue were dubbed later in post-production, done by only a handful of people, including Warren, Tom Neyman, Reynolds, Jennings and Warren's wife, Norma. Later during production, Warren renamed the film "Manos: The Hands of Fate". The word "manos" is Spanish for "hands", meaning that the title literally translates to the tautological "Hands: The Hands of Fate". Warren's small crew became so bemused by his amateurishness and irascibility that they derisively called the film "Mangos: The Cans of Fruit" behind his back. During filming, Warren knew that presenting Diane Mahree