Cape Times (14 November 1914)

Cape Times (14 November 1914)

Newspaper Clippings

clipping of newspaper article, includes three illustrations

14 November 1914

Dorothea Bleek (loose clippings), rock art (400 sets of paintings discovered in Matopo Hills ), content, age, skill of paintings (paintings and chippings in Matopo Hills ), clippings (D. Bleek's loose ), Matopo Hills (article on 400 sets of rock paintings and chippings discovered in )

"Bushman Discoveries. In The Matopo Hills, Rhodesia. 400 Sets of New Paintings...Part II." Second part of a "Cape Times" article (no first part in collection) describing the 400 sets of Bushman paintings discovered. Author speculates on the different pigments, scale and layers from different periods, the different levels of skill displayed, as well as the style and content of the paintings. Chippings were also discovered. The article includes three reproductions of Bushman paintings. The name and date of the newspaper is written in pen in the bottom left corner of the clipping. The clipping is slightly torn along the right hand side and some text is missing from the conclusion.