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A view looking up the steep boulder strewn hillside towards the thatched huts of the village of the Karanga chief Mugabe which stands on the summit. An unidentified pioneer stands in the foreground. Photograph taken between August 13th – 19th.

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Includes correspondence, both personal and professional, biographical material, professional papers from Thurstan Shaw’s time in Africa, archaeological notebooks and lecture notes.

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203 x 151 mm. Showing the conical tower and walls at Zimbabwe.

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A view of the conical tower which stands at the south-eastern end of the circular building. Photograph taken between August 13th-19th.

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Showing ruined walls overgrown with vegetation, probably at the western foot of Zimbabwe Hill. Photograph taken between August 13th – 19th.

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Showing a group of Karanga men seated on the ground on a level piece of land near the Summit of Zimbabwe Hill. Photograph taken between August 13th – 19th.

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A view showing some of the ruined walls at Zimbabwe, probably taken from the east of the site. Photograph taken between August 13th – 19th.

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A view from the hill ruins looking south out over the valley towards the elliptical building (see Y3052A/110). Photograph taken between August 13th–19th.

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74 x 101 mm. Showing a glass case in the museum containing spear heads and stone artefacts in the South African Museum in Cape Town.

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44 x 74 mm. Showing four carved soapstone birds from Zimbabwe in a glass case in the South African Museum.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of prints inserted in a bound copy of the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission Report (Cmd. 5949) 1939. Written on the title page is 'Illustrated with the Chairman's snapshot photographs.' Plate 1 is inside the front cover; the remainder are in pairs on sheets of paper bound into the volume at intervals. They are prints of sharp definition and high quality, mostly 140 x 90 mm, but numbers 5, 17, 18, 44, 46 and 47 are approximately 95 x 120 mm. All have hand-written captions. ...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of prints inserted in a bound copy of the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission Report (Cmd. 5949) 1939. Written on the title page is 'Illustrated with the Chairman's snapshot photographs.' Plate 1 is inside the front cover; the remainder are in pairs on sheets of paper bound into the volume at intervals. They are prints of sharp definition and high quality, mostly 140 x 90 mm, but numbers 5, 17, 18, 44, 46 and 47 are approximately 95 x 120 mm. All have hand-written captions. ...

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A view looking towards the hill ruins situated on a site to the north of the elliptical building (see Y3052A/110). A section of the old walls can be seen at the right of the print, with the thatched huts of the latter-day inhabitants dotted among the huge granite boulders of the north side (see Y3052A/114). Photograph taken between August 13th – 19th.