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 jokes, using a cleaner print of the original "Manos", allowing them to joke about things not obvious in the original television episode. The "MST3K" episode featuring the film was released on DVD on its own in 2001, and in the "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Essentials" collection in 2004. A DVD of the original version of "Manos" has also been made available through Alpha Video, which also released original versions of other "MST-ed" films such as "Teenagers from Outer Space" and "Eegah". In attempting to explain the film's appeal, the "Los Angeles Times" hypothesized, "After screening "Manos" for probably the 10th