IDNO

P.64268.BUR

Description

Bichrome rock paintings in Nswatugi Cave of two giraffes painted on the rock face with a group of smaller human figures at the edge of the frame, possibly a ritual scene.

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Matopos; Nswatugi Cave

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Collector / Expedition

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Date

1927

Collection Name

Burkitt Collection

Source

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.64202.BUR to P.64285.BUR and P.65862.BUR were found inside the envelope now numbered C123/4/5/. This envelope, which originally contained a set of 15 postcards of the British Museum, was found inside the fourth drawer (C123/4/) of the entire green cabinet now numbered C123/.

Bibliographical Reference: Burkitt. M. C. 1928. South Africa’s Past in Stone and Paint. London. Cambridge University Press. See plate IV with the caption “Painted panel at Nswatugi, Matopos”.

Bibliographical Reference: Janette Deacon. Southern Rock Art Sites. 2002. www.icomos.org/studies/sarockart.htm.
According to Deacon (2002) giraffes are the most common animals represented in rock paintings in the cave sites in Zimbabwe.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 2/11/2006]