IDNO

P.85387.BUR

Description

A smooth pebble stone painted with a central abstract bichrome motif displayed at Port Elizabeth Museum.

Place

S Africa; South Africa; Port Elizabeth

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Collector / Expedition

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Date

circa 1927

Collection Name

Burkitt Collection

Source

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.85383.BUR to P.85419.BUR came from the negative box now numbered C139/7/ which was found inside wooden box numbered C139/.

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

Burial stones consist of large flat pebbles or fragments of broken mortars, often painted, several of which are placed on the body at burial. The paintings sometimes depict conventionalised humans, sometimes animals, and occasionally patterns in colour [Source: Burkitt 1928: 106 [SW 11/12/2006]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 7/11/2006]