IDNO

P.64280.BUR

Description

Painted panel on rock face showing various animals including giraffe, eland, elephant, buffalo and human figures at Nswatugi Cave.

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. Photograph reproduced as Plate IV with caption “Painted panel at Nswatugi, Matopos”. Burkitt refers to the Nswatugi cave as an extremely interesting cave with a sequence of styles and colours (1928: 125).

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