IDNO

LS.167844.LAR

Description

View of the entrance to Bambata Cave with vegetation in the foreground. [JD 24/11/2023]

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Motobo National Park; Bambata

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

circa 1929

Collection Name

Armstrong Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.167808.LAR - LS.167909.LAR were found unaccessioned in drawer S.319.

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. [https://doi.org/10.2307/2843833, JD 23/11/2023]

Related Image: Same image probably in the collections of British Museum, reference Af,B78.2
Description: Southern Africa, view of rocky hill, cave hidden behind bushes at centre.
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
Format: One of two prints mounted on card. Line drawn across image [sky] in pencil.
Photographed by: A Leslie Armstrong (?)
Production date: 20th C (early) (?) (?)
Production place Made in: Bambata Cave
Africa: sub-Saharan Africa: Zimbabwe: Matabeleland: Matabeleland South: Matopo Hills: Bambata Cave." [Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B78-2, JD 23/11/2023