IDNO

LS.167786.LAR

Description

Three Northern Ndebele (historically Matabele) women and two girls standing and sitting near Bambata Cave. An older woman wears a leather cape over a fabric skirt, the others wear western-style clothing, with two wearing blankets as capes. The woman on the right holds up a decorated pot, and the older girl holds a rolled mat?, possibly items of trade?. [JD 10/01/2024]

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Bambata Cave [Rhodesia]

Cultural Affliation

Northern Ndebele [historically Matabele]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

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.

Bibliographical Reference: 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. On p.241 Armstrong notes "Several Matabele kraals were in the vicinity, to the occupants of which our camp equipment and activities were a perpetual source of interest." [Source: https://doi.org/10.2307/2843833, JD 10/01/2024]