IDNO

LS.167800.LAR

Description

Group portrait of seven members of the East African Expedition consisting of five European men, including probably Louis Leakey?, and one European woman, possibly Frida Leakey?. A local man stands behind.
The group are standing in a camp, with a suitcase and equipment cases in front of them, and a car to the right.
The photograph has been printed in reverse. [JD 11/01/2024]

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; ?Bambata Cave [Rhodesia]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

?Louis Leakey; ?Frida Leakey

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: In Tobias, Phillip V. "Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey 1903-1972." The South African Archaeological Bulletin 28, no. 109/110 (1973): 3–7, p.3 is the following note regarding Leakey's travels: "In 1929, [Leakey] drove from Nairobi to Johannesburg, visiting numbers of prehistoric sites on the way, to attend the joint meeting of the British African Associations for the Advancement of Science...
Afterwards he drove back to East Africa to show parties of the visiting scientists (including Fleure, Myres, Balfour and Boswell) over his excavations in Gamble's Cave." [Source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3888702, JD 11/01/2024]

Archive Reference: In theDiaries of Henry BALFOUR (1863-1939) for 'South and East Africa. 1929. Tour as President of the Anthropology Section of the B.A.A.S. (British Association for the Advancement of Science)' is the following entry:
"Aug. 1— Section Committee at 8.45 a.m. ... Fleure took the chair. Afterwards Armstrong described his excavations in Bambata Cave, + Hewitt + others read papers." [Source: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/south-and-east-africa-1929-tour-president-anthropology-section-baas-british-association-advancement, JD 11/01/2024