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Title: Mrs. Josephine Msweli, KwaSokhulu, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Josephine Msweli, Sappi Gum Tree forest, where her son, Simon, was murdered, 1997. Mrs. Msweli's family were African National Congress (ANC) sympathisers and were repeatedly attacked by members of Inkatha. Two of her sons were killed during separate attacks. She testified to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that her son Simon and his friend had been kidnapped and taken to the Sappi Gum Tree forest where they were killed. She said the boys had been abducted by members of the stability unit and the KwaZulu police. She wanted the perpetrators to come forward so that she could establish why they did what they did and so that she could give them a piece of her mind before she would forgive them.
Identifier: islandora:755

Title: Ūd with five courses
Subject: Musical instruments--Egypt--Cairo
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.321 Necked bowl lutes, Place of production: Cairo (Egypt), Date of creation: ca. 1850s, 'Short-necked, fretless lute with a pegbox set back at an angle, a bulging, pera-shaped body, and string soin double courses' (Randel 2003:931)
Identifier: islandora:20368

Title: Survey of new Bushman settlements, Map item #7
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Khomani (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Northern Cape (South Africa)--Maps,
Description: A map showing new San settlements including the Kruiper settlement and the new Swartkop settlement in the Northern Cape, South Africa, just outside of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Approximate scale 1:175 000
Identifier: islandora:27329

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. Sketch plan of lower section of Garden, sheet 2. Shows fence, trails, roads, water, streams and buildings. Includes a list of trees. Extract from report., Copy of original, hand-drawn, ink on paper.
Identifier: islandora:28175

Title: Silkscreen production
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History, Serigraphy--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Silkscreen production with rudimentary facilities.
Identifier: islandora:29039

Title: Set of vessel drums
Subject: Musical instruments--Zimbabwe
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.12 Sets of vessel drums, Place of production: Zimbabwe
Identifier: islandora:20844

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Bergplaas State Forest, George, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting consisting of handprints in red.
Identifier: islandora:21653

Title: Shirley Walters at an interview for oral history project
Subject: Community Arts Project (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Community arts projects--South Africa--Cape Town--History
Description: Shirley Walters, former Trustee. Photograph taken on occasion of interview for oral history project.
Identifier: islandora:29093

Title: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Planting plans, Vineyard Hotel (Cape Town, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Vineyard Hotel, Newlands, Cape Town. Proposed alterations to private garden adjoining the hotel: planting plan. Plan and three sections., Sepia copy of original base drawing, with added hand-drawn pencil detail.
Identifier: islandora:27947

Title: Franschhoek Manor
Subject: Planting plans, Franschhoek Manor (Hotel : Franschhoek, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Franschhoek--Designs and plans,
Description: Franschhoek Manor, Franschhoek, Western Cape. Master landscape plan, dimension plan and plant plan. Additional colour markings., Paper copy of hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper original.
Identifier: islandora:28017

Title: Garden, Bishopscourt
Subject: Swimming pools, Terraces (landscaped-site elements), Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: House, Bishopscourt, Cape Town. Final sketch plan of new swimming pool and terrace. There are three sections., Blueprint (ammonia copy) of hand-drawn original, with pencil and pen annotations and additions.
Identifier: islandora:28105

Title: Pala
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.31 Partly-stopped single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Length: 53mm (2in), Width: 82mm (3.1in), Length: 279mm (10.6in), Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20073

Title: Garden, Kandilli, Istanbul
Subject: Dwellings--Landscape architecture--Turkey--Istanbul--Designs and plans,
Description: House, Kandilli, Istanbul. Sketch of bird's eye view of proposed landscape design (conceptual drawing)., Original, hand-drawn, pencil crayon.
Identifier: islandora:27986

Title: Violin
Subject: Musical instruments-- South Africa--Cullinan
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars, Height: 75mm (2.8 in.), Width: 217mm (8.3 in.), Length: 605mm (23.6 in.), Place of production: Zonderwater (Cullinan, South Africa), Creator: unidentified Italian prisoner of war at Zonderwater
Identifier: islandora:20567

Title: Image from rock painting site, Bainskloof Pass 1, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of human figures in red.
Identifier: islandora:21472

Title: Alto trombone in E flat
Subject: Musical instruments--Great Britain
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 423.22 Slide trumpets, Body. Height: 95mm (3.5 in.), Width: 116mm (4.3 in.), Length: 790mm (31.1 in.), Bell. Diameter: 145mm (5.5 in.), Place of production: Great Britain, Creator: Henry Distin, Serial no. 28276. Made between 1872 and 1874 (cf Henry Distin Serial number list, http://www.musictrader.com/distin.html, accessed 30 Oct 2012)
Identifier: islandora:20347

Title: Mbira
Subject: Musical instruments--Tanzania
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 122.12 Lamellaphones or (plucked idiophones) with lace-on, or hooked-in lamellae with resonator, Height: 35mm (1.2in), Width: 90mm (3.5in), Length: 132mm (5.1in), Resonator. Height: 79mm (2.8in), Diameter: 109mm (3.9in), Place of production: Tanzania
Identifier: islandora:20688

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