IDNO

LS.71131.BUR

Description

Drystone walls both complete and ruins, with Margaret Burkitt standing at the bottom of steps which lead up past a chevron patterned section of wall at Khami Ruins.

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Khami [Southern Rhodesia]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Margaret Burkitt

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/.

Place: Khami, which developed after the capital of Great Zimbabwe had been abandoned in the mid-16th century, is of great archaeological interest. The discovery of objects from Europe and China shows that Khami was a major centre for trade over a long period of time [Source: htp://whc.unesco.org/sites/365.htm [SW 11/12/2006].

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 28/11/2006]