IDNO

T.177822.JCP

Description

On typed listing "45.21; Huts at Lumengo's village near Luangwa river; 21.7.61; Zambia; Eastern; Lumengo Village; hut decoration; wall paintings; house; village scene; present"

Houses in Lumengo's Village, made with clay and thatched roof, from the image you can see how the thatched roof is made, with a grid of radial sticks coming from the top, and with thatch layered and woven on top.
The wall decorations include a series of white and red arches, with smaller white triangles below. [FG 17/07/2025]

Place

S Africa; Zambia; Eastern Province

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Chaplin, Jim

Collector / Expedition

Date

21 July 1961

Collection Name

Chaplin Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.177259.JCP - ... were located together in a apple box, now numbered C795/.

T.177809.JCP - T.178062.JCP were located in a slide drawer chest inside a red box now numbered C795/3.

T.79531001.JCP - T.79531072.JCP were located in a slide drawer now numbered C795/3/1.