IDNO

T.177853.JCP

Description

On typed listing "46.12; huts at village beyond Mazabuka; 29.8.61; Zambia; Southern; Mazabuka district; hut painting; wall decoration; village scene; houses; present"

Houses in a village near Mazabuka, they are circular with a large, conical thatched roof atop held up by poles at the edges. The walls are decorated with white paint. The bottom half alternates between blank white squares and patterns made of two semicircles bisected by a vertical line. These are covered in small brown spots. The top half is comprised of alternating white triangles made of lots of small white dots. There is also a depiction of an animal, maybe a sheep or goat. [FG 31/07/2025]

Place

S Africa; Zambia; Southern Province; Mazabuka District

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Chaplin, Jim

Collector / Expedition

Date

29 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.