IDNO

LS.167897.LAR

Description

Close-up of rock paintings of the main frieze showing antelopes and giraffes, located in Nswatugi Cave. [JD 27/11/2023]

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Mosi-o-Tunya; Matopo Hills; Nswatugi [Victoria Falls]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

circa 1927 - 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.

Bibliography 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.
Text on p. 240. includes: "A superficial examination was also made of Nswatugi Cave and trial sections dug in three hitherto unknown caves located within a radius of six miles of Bambata by the aid of natives, but through lack of staff and the unexpected depth and thickness of the Bambata deposits, it proved impossible in the time at our disposal to make a systematic examination of any of these caves. Two of them in particular, viz., Nswatugi and Gumani, it is believed would yield valuable
results if carefully excavated, as both caves contain an important series of superimposed wall- paintings and stratified floor deposits. Further observations with regard to these caves will be made later." [Source: https://doi.org/10.2307/2843833, JD 27/11/2023]