IDNO

LS.71109.BUR

Description

Tracings of human figures, male and female, hand in hand, and animal, including eland, from rock painting, found on the rock face in Kempsie Glen, on paper, made by Margaret Burkitt. [See rock painting in prints P.27467.BUR. and P.27468.BUR.].

Physical Condition: The glass on the slide is cracked.

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; near Masvingo; Readman’s Farm; Kempsie Glen [Southern Rhodesia; Fort Victoria]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Margaret Burkitt

Photographer

Burkitt, Miles Crawford; or Burkitt, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Date

circa 1927

Collection Name

Burkitt CollectionTeaching Slide Collection

Source

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The lantern slide was in wooden box formerly numbered 139 now numbered C318/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 23/11/2006]