IDNO

T.177846.JCP

Description

On typed listing "46.5; Nyambwesu / Nyambwesu; Panel A; 13.8.61; Zambia; North-Western; Mwinilunga district; Nyambwesu / Nyambwesu shelter; rock engravings; art; petroglyphs; Batwa; heritage; archaeology; geometrics; present"

Grooves in the Nyambwesu shelter, composed of circular grooves of varying sizes, and oblong/linear grooves that are mostly vertical. The variation in the linear grooves could imply they were used more for a practical rather than artistic purpose. [FG 24/07/2025]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Chaplin, Jim

Collector / Expedition

Date

13 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.