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Hunting or ritual scene

Hunting or ritual scene. The San cultures of Zimbabwe died out many centuries ago and little is known about the meaning of these images. Recent scholarship suggests that Zimbabwe paintings may have a broader range than the shamanistic trance dances seen as key to understanding San rock art in South Africa. Country of Origin: Zimbabwe. Culture: San. Date/Period: Prehistoric, circa 5000 BC - 0 AD. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive. Location: 56

© Werner Forman Archive / Heritage-Images

Cheer, Boys! Cheer by Augustus Harris, Raleigh and Hamilton

Cheer, Boys! Cheer by Sir Augustus Harris (18 March 1852 22 June 1896), Cecil Raleigh (27 January 1856 10 November 1914) and Henry Hamilton (c. 1853 4 September 1918). First produced at the Drury Lane Theatre in London on 19th September 1895. The outbreak of war prompted the revival of this old melodrama at the Princes Theatre on 17th October 1914, as it dealt with military exploits in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, but it ran for only 33 performances. Reverse bears a stirring verse by Henry Russell? The artists signature looks like S. Brimult? Date: 1914

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

South Africa - Site of Lobengulas Kraal, etc

Black and white image of the Royal Kraal of King Lobengula of the Ndebele (Matabele), Matopos, present-day Zimbabwe.. Part of Box 287, South Africa Diamond Mines, Boswell Collection. Slide number 36. Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

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