IDNO

LS.167785.LAR

Description

Four men, including Leslie Armstrong on the right, standing on the top of hills of Bambata Valley. The location of Bambata Cave is approximately centre of image below skyline. [JD 10/01/2024]

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Bambata Cave [Rhodesia]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Leslie Armstrong

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Armstrong, A. Leslie [Prehistoric Society of East Anglia]

Date

circa 1929

Collection Name

Armstrong Collection

Source

?Prehistoric Society of East Anglia

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.167713.LAR - LS.167807.LAR were found unaccessioned in drawer S.318.

Publication: Image published in Armstrong, A. Leslie. "Rhodesian Archæological Expedition (1929): Excavations in Bambata Cave and Researches on Prehistoric Sites in Southern Rhodesia." The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 61 (1931): 239–76, and captioned "Plate XXX, Fig. 2. - Ascending Bambata. Approaching the cave. Position of cave indicated by arrow. Summit beacon on right."
On p.245 Armstrong notes "The native staff, consisting of three Matabele boys, "Charlie Chaplin," Telani and Pow, were released from other than camp duties on Sundays, and the three members of the Expedition took advantage of the leisure to explore the neighbourhood for caves and rock-shelters, or the prospecting of river deposits, varied by occasional visits to Hope Fountain for discussion of the findings with the Rev. Neville Jones." [Source: https://doi.org/10.2307/2843833, JD 10/01/2024]