IDNO

P.85389.BUR

Description

Detail of rock face in a rock shelter at Mr Readman’s Farm of an ostrich.

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Masvingo [Southern Rhodesia; Fort Victoria]

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.

Place: See reference to Mr Readman’s Farm site and discovery of “ostrich painted in dark claret” in Burkitt 1928: 129-30.

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