IDNO

P.64283.BUR

Description

Detail of rock face at Makumbi Cave with a section of animal frieze showing layers of rock painting including elephant, eland, hunters and monkey.

Place

S Africa; Zambia; near Harare; Makumbe [Southern Rhodesia; Salisbury]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Member of Burkitt expedition team

Collector / Expedition

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Date

1927

Collection Name

Burkitt Collection

Source

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Format

Photomechanical Book Illustration

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/.

Note: Print originally produced for a publication and subsequently removed.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 9/11/2006]