IDNO

LS.167901.LAR

Description

Leslie Armstrong tracing cave art in Bambata Cave while sitting on top of a ladder. A platform is to his right, and above is a painting of five eland antelopes, part of the frieze on the West Wall. [JD 24/11/2023]

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Motobo National Park; Bambata

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Leslie Armstrong

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

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]