IDNO

LS.71111.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 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/.

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. deacon describes giraffes as the most common animals represented in rock paintings in the cave sites in Zimbabwe [Source: www.icomos.org/studies/sarockart.htm [SW 11/12/2006].

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