Brief description of site: The site faces NW and looks into the forest now which was originally Chongoni Range. The site has a good view. The site is small but pleasant for shade as well as habitation, and is less obvious that MAL-CHN1. Brief description of art: The main panel is poorly preserved, and the top section is very well preserved. It consists of an animal with a thin outline with dots over it. Two animals that are just visible. The central panel had many white but now almost invisible.
Brief description of site: A boulder at the base of Mwana Wa Chencherere with a recess in its southern side. Recess deep enough to provide shade and protection but, with the two larger recessed shelters nearby, this seems unlikely to have been used for habitation. Looking into trees. Brief description of art: Pictographs on back ledge of recess. Rock surface has been extensively graffitied during recent times with names and scribblings in charcoal. There are also a few outline zoomorphic designs in similar charcoal (nyau - kasiyamaliro). Now very faint having been damaged by extensive graffiti and fire, there are traces of a set of concentric circles and parallel lines, applied by finger in red.
Brief description of site: A boulder near the base of Mwana Wa Chencherere on its southern side behind DE23. Boulder leans to the south providing a small sheltered area and a good protected surface. Site not suited to habitation. Looking into DE23 and trees. Brief description of art: A few spread-eagled designs, a snake-like meander and a set of parallel lines applied by daubing in white. Also a row of circles applied by finger in red filled with white (now faint) and other faint red traces. Some white designs over red stains, suggestive that white is more recent. White motifs vary in style and standard of preservation. Suggestive of execution by various artists over a long period oftime.
Brief description of site: A small recessed shelter (12m2 of protected floor) half way up the western side of Chencherere main hill. Shaded, secluded and protected with fine view to the west. Excellent observation point for game movements in valley area to the west. Site ideal for habitation. Roofheavily smoke blackened, suggesting much use. Brief description of art: Back wall of shelter now smothered by recent graffiti in black charcoal. There are a few outline zoomorpic designs also in charcoal (mostly nyau - kasiyamaliro). Under these can be made out the faint remnants a few concentric circles and a sets of paralle1lines, all applied by finger in red and filled with white. These earlier motifs may have been much more extensive but appear mostly to have been destroyed.
Brief description of site: A well hidden shelter near the top of Chibenthu hill in the form of a wide covered passage way between two large boulders. East end is a shear cliff face with fine views over valley area to Chencherere. Ideal secluded habitation/hiding place. Local people say that the shelter used to be used for storing nyau constructions. When we visited shelter it had been used recently. Signs of bedding, a bat catching net and a large rack for barbecuing bats. Brief description of art: 6 unusual designs. 4 appear to depict humans. 1 is a zoomorphic design and the other appears to be a human riding some form of animal. All are very simple and crude applied by daubing in white. All are in similar well preserved state of preservation but variation in artistic style suggest6 work of various painters. (Members of my team offered the opinion that these pictographs depicted nyau characters).
Brief description of site: A large shelter facing north under a high overhanging face of same boulder as DE29. Nicely shaded but open to wind. Could have been used as a habitation if screened. Views into river valley below. Brief description of art: Extensive collection of white daubed pictographs. Around 20 spread-eagled designs, 3 circles with internal grids, 3 grids, and an area of multiple arrow shaped designs. Spread-eagled designs vary in detail but are similar in basic form, one is unusual in having dots falling from its arms. There is a single red half circle open at top with internal vertical division. Variations in state of preservation suggestive that pictographs executed over a considerable period of time by many different artists.
Brief description of site: A recessed shelter a few metres above ground level within a rock-face. Positioned immediately west of DE30. Can only be entered by climbing onto the shoulders of another person. Locally known as the 'Adam and Eve Cave'. It is large enough for 4-5 people to sit in, is excellently sheltered and shaded. Looking into rock. Brief description of art: Within shelter: a few spread-eagled designs, a star shape, 2 arrows, a vertical line and a snake-like meander, all applied by daubing in white. At entrance to shelter is a set of parallel lines in red.
Brief description of art: The images are on a large granite domed mountain, the images are red and are positioned on the Northern wall and are heavily flaked. There is evidence of attempts to remove the images by hammering, this was before the white motifs were added.
