IDNO

T.177831.JCP

Description

On typed listing "45.31; Nyambwesu / Nyambwesu; central panel; 14.8.61; Zambia; North-Western; Mwinilunga district; Nyambwesu / Nyambwesu shelter; rock engravings; art; petroglyphs; Batwa; heritage; archaeology; geometrics; present"

the centre panel of the Nwambwesu shelter, a number of circular and oblong grooves carved into the rock, the grooves are roughly oriented in the same direction, however some of them taper down while others taper up. There is also a V shaped carving with a much sharper tool, could possibly have been more recent or modern. [FG 24/07/2025]

Place

S Africa; Zambia; North-Western Province; Mwinilunga District

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Chaplin, Jim

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 August 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.