IDNO

LS.167896.LAR

Description

"Bambata Cave. Group of eland antelopes, forming centre of frieze shown in Pl. XXXIII. Two periods of painting showing red superimposed upon the old yellow. Middle and Upper Bambata age. The outlines of the older yellow paintings have been touched up in red at the period of red superposition. Note the technique of the painting, which is well demonstrated in the animal on the extreme right. (Reproduced from tracings coloured in the cave by A.L. Armstrong)." [Armstrong's caption]

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]