IDNO

P.85495.BUR

Description

Roof of rock shelter, probably at Tylden, decorated with rock paintings including animal and human figures which have been made more visible by soaking the surface of the rock with water.

Place

S Africa; South Africa; Tylden

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Collector / Expedition

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Date

1927

Collection Name

Burkitt Collection

Source

Burkitt, Miles Crawford

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.85495.BUR was found inside negative box now numbered C139/29/ 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 rock paintings at Tylden in Burkitt 1928: 138-9 [SW 11/12/2006].

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Getty Grant Program Two. [Sarah Worden 8/11/2006]