Item BWS-MAL-MPH1-5P.jpg - BWS MAL MPH1 5P

Brief description of site: The site is on a large but narrow passage formed where the boulder has split into two. It is on the east side of Mphunzi hill, near its base. The passage area is well protected and shaded by a high overhang, could have been used as a habitation but rather narrow. Outlook into vegetation and wet area in front. One of the earliest recorded sites in Malawi. Excavated in the 1920's but there appear to be no records from that excavation.
Brief description of art: Probably the largest number of red finger designs at one site. Too many motifs to describe individually. Mainly circles, concentric circles, sets of parallel vertical lines, vertical sausages with multiple internal vertical divisions, divided circles and stretched circles. Also various more complex linear designs. A single very faded daubed white zoomorph overlies the red designs near the centre of the panel.