IDNO

LS.72015.BUR

Description

Tracing of an elephant, by Margaret Burkitt, taken from rock painting in krantz (precipitous rock) opposite Dordrecht site.

Place

S Africa; South Africa; Eastern Cape; Dordrecht

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/.

Bibliographical Reference: Burkitt. M. C. 1928. South Africa’s Past in Stone and Paint. London. Cambridge University Press.

Burkitt notes that the elephant rock painting "measures some 2 feet 7 inches by 1 foot 6 inches. To reach the elephant it is necessary to scramble up a ledge some 6 feet or so above the level of the ground" (Burkitt: 1928: 138).

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 29/11/2006]