Matabele Collection

Cecil Rhodes / Davie / Hero
CECIL RHODES Statesman, entrepreneur and imperialist in South Africa, making peace with the Matabele, 1896

Lobengula / Matabele
LOBENGULA King of the Matabele (1870-93)

Shangani Memorial, Matobo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Shangani Memorial, Matobo (Rhodes Matopos National Park), near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Commemorating British soldiers of the Shangani Patrol

MATABELE/LAAGER DEFENDED
The Matabele attack a laager of wagons. Date: 1893

Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Matabele Rebellion Memorial in the middle. Date: circa 1920

Two Native African Matabele women grinding maize outside a hut. Date: circa 1930

Fearsome Warrior of the South African Ndebele Tribe, one of the Nguni tribes - he is wearing a remarkable headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Post Office, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Post Office, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Matabele Rebellion Memorial on the right. Date: circa 1920

Aerial view of Main Street, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Aerial view of Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Matabele Rebellion Memorial, the Rhodes Memorial (middle distance)

Matabele Rebellion Memorial, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Matabele Rebellion Memorial, Main Street, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1908

Native African Matabele chief warrior standing outside a hut. Date: circa 1930

Native African Matabele woman kneeling at the side of a hut. Date: circa 1930

South Africa - Site of Lobengulas Kraal, etc
Black and white image of the Royal Kraal of King Lobengula of the Ndebele (Matabele), Matopos, present-day Zimbabwe.. Part of Box 287, South Africa Diamond Mines, Boswell Collection. Slide number 36

A Matabele Warrior
South Africa - A Matabele Warrior, wearing a distinctive (and spectacular) neck decoration with a variety of sharp animal horns forming a fearsome spectacle

Wilson Memorial, Matoppo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Wilson Memorial, Matoppo (Matopo, Matobo, Matopos Hills), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), commemorating the loss of Major Allan Wilson and his Shangani Patrol in the First Matabele War (1893-4)

Native African Matabele chief sitting outside a hut. Date: circa 1930

Native African Matabele family at mealtime. Date: circa 1930

Native African Matabele pottery worker. Date: circa 1930

Native African Matabele man brewing beer at the side of a hut. Date: circa 1930

Native African Matabele boys with cooking pot
Native African Matabele boys with a cooking pot. Date: circa 1930

Two Native African Matabele children at the side of a hut. Date: circa 1930

Native African Matabele boy eating corn on the cob. Date: circa 1930

Native African Matabele children playing with a basket. Date: circa 1930

Matabele relaxing in front of their homes, c. 1869
Sketch 76 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Matabele / On the War Path
The Matabele tribe on the war path (literally)

Matabele / Call to Arms
A Matabele call to arms

Matabele Tree-Houses
Showing a big tree capable of holding many small domed dwellings which kept their inhabitants (the Bakuens of South Africa) safe from wild animals

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