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Title: Desmond Tutu, Cape Town, 2000
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Tutu, Desmond, Truth and Lies,
Description: Desmond Tutu, formerly Archbishop, at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) headquarters, Cape Town, South Africa, 2000.
Identifier: islandora:795

Title: Women and children praying, Crossroads, South Africa, 1982
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Prayer groups--South Africa, Squatter settlements--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Women and children of Crossroads gather to pray for the Nyanga bush squatters, who had staged a hunger strike in St George's Cathedral in an attempt to persuade the authorities not to demolish their plastic shacks. The protest was fruitless - the shacks were torn down during the wet Cape winter, causing hardship, Cape Town, 1982
Identifier: islandora:917

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Bergplaas State Forest, George, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of birds in white.
Identifier: islandora:21663

Title: ǂKhomani San : Tree of Family : trees are our heritage
Subject: Tree of Family, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, ,
Description: This poster outlines the cultural and natural heritage of the San people. It explores the cultural and symbolic value of the Shepherd's Bush tree as "The Tree of Family". The poster includes photographs of Shepherd's Bush tree as well as San people.
Identifier: islandora:27319

Title: Recorder
Subject: Musical instruments--Germany--Markneukirchen
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.221.12 (Single) open flutes with internal duct, with fingerholes, Place of production: Markneukirchen (Germany), Date of creation: 1928
Identifier: islandora:20451

Title: Sitlanjani
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 242 Tube- or vessel-kazoos, Height: 21mm (0.8in), Width: 30mm (1.2in), Length: 77mm (2.8in), Place of production: Spelonken (Limpopo, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20124

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Kloof Route South, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Photograph showing the route to the site of Kloof Route South, Graskop, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:21504

Title: Kinanda, gabbūs, qanbūs
Subject: Musical instruments--Kenya
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.321 Necked bowl lutes, Height: 130mm (5.1in), Width: 177mm (6.7in), Length: 716mm, Place of production: Mombasa (Kenya)
Identifier: islandora:20253

Title: Children fetching water, Dinokana, South Africa, circa 1980
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Water-supply--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: Children carrying buckets filled with water in Dinokana, North-West Province
Identifier: islandora:918

Title: Theatre students performing in the children's art classroom
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Theater rehearsals--South Africa--Cape Town, Theater--Study and teaching--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Community Arts Project theatre students performing in the children's art classroom. Itumeleng wa Lehulere is on the left.
Identifier: islandora:28987

Title: Table Mountain etc. from the Beach of Table Bay
Subject: Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Shows Cape Town at the foot of Table Mountain, with Devil's Peak on the left, Lion's Head just right of centre and Signal Hill on the right, with several ships in the Bay and figures in the foreground. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26398

Title: Huqin
Subject: Musical instruments--China
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.312-7 Spike box lutes or spike guitars sounded by bowing, A. Height: 141mm (5.5in), Width: 105mm (3.9in), Length: 645mm (25.2in), B. Height: 13mm (0.4in), Width: 46mm (1.6in), Length: 846mm, Place of production: China
Identifier: islandora:20173

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (Roodepoort, South Africa), Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort,
Description: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, Gauteng. Master plan, sheets 1 and 2 (combined and colour-rendered). Extract from report., Photograph of colour-rendered copy of hand-drawn original.
Identifier: islandora:28172

Title: Tāḷam
Subject: Musical instruments--India
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.142 Cymbals, Height: 11mm (0.4in), Diameter: 64mm, Place of production: India
Identifier: islandora:20727

Title: Mbila or muhambi
Subject: Musical instruments--Mozambique, Chopi (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Mozambique
Identifier: islandora:20806

Title: Image from rock painting site, Bainskloof Pass 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of an animal figure in black.
Identifier: islandora:21454

Title: Malay and Malay Priests - Cape flats - Table Mountain in the distance
Subject: Malays (Asian people) in art, South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Malay woman and man centrally placed in the Cape Flats landscape with two Malay priests in right foreground, with Table Mountain in the distance. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26399

Title: Zandwijk Wine Farm, Paarl
Subject: Swimming pools, Terraces (landscaped-site elements), Zandwijk Wine Farm (Paarl, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Paarl--Designs and plans, Historic farms--South Africa--Paarl,
Description: Zandwijk Wine Farm, Paarl, Western Cape. New swimming pool, and paving for terraces. Plan of pool area (revised), sketch of pool area, and three sections., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper.
Identifier: islandora:27937

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