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THE Department of the Interior of the Union of South Africa and the Commission for the Preservation of the Natural and Historical Monuments, Relics and Antiquities of South Africa have issued an official circular inviting the co-operation and assistance of members of the public in recording and preserving examples of Bushman rock-painting and drawing. In asking observers to forward such records to Prof. C. van Riet Lowe, as director of the Bureau of Archaeology at Johannesburg, the circular points out that although the existence of a large number of such examples of Bushman art is already known, it is certain that the list is by no means complete, while time, exposure to weather, as well as acts of vandalism are obliterating many of them year by year. In order that the records may be as complete as possible, the circular enumerates the data which are essential for the purpose of accurate record, as well as for archaeological study, and gives instructions on the best methods of taking photographs and squeezes in varying conditions. The circular, as received, is accompanied by an excellent and extremely instructive map, showing the distribution of the known sites on which examples of the paintings and engravings have been recorded, as well as sites which have been proclaimed for preservation by the Commission for the Preservation of Natural and Historic Monu- -ments.
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Records of Bushman Art. Nature 139, 621 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139621a0
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