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Title: ǂKhomani San : Tree of Love : trees are our heritage
Subject: Tree of Love, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), ,
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 Love". The poster includes photographs of Shepherd's Bush tree as well as San people.
Identifier: islandora:27322

Title: Trompe ; horn
Subject: Musical instruments--France
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 423.121.22 Wind-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes with mouthpiece, Place of production: France
Identifier: islandora:20323

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20788

Title: Shepherd and his family, Cederberg, South Africa, 1987
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Children--South Africa, Shepherds--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A shepherd and his family, outside the home he built himself under a massive rock in the Cederberg, south-western Cape, 1987. During the bitterly cold winter months, he would trek with his employer's sheep to the Ceres-Karoo, but as soon as spring arrived, he would start the long trek back to the mountains. This had been his life for the best of 70 odd years
Identifier: islandora:937

Title: Mbila mutondo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.212 Sets of percussion sticks, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20762

Title: Jakob Malgas childhood area 4 : draft, Map item #10; Map item # 28;
Subject: Malgas, Jakob, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--South Africa, Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.--South Africa, San (African people)--Kalahari Desert, Africa, Southern--Maps, ,
Description: A colour map showing the area where Jakob Malgas grew up. The map's text reveals a brief history and insight into the history of the area revealing how Bushmen used to live and contains information about animals (springhare, porcupine, and leopards) and important hunting and gathering grounds with specific reference to berries at the Gray Camel Tree, an important meeting place for the community. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27334

Title: Gora
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Korana (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.22-3 (True) stick zithers (-3 sounded by blowing), Height: 25mm, Width: 22mm, Length: 984mm, Place of production: Christiana (South Africa), Creator: Kolop
Identifier: islandora:20153

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Huisrivierpass, near Calitzdorp, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of an animal figure.
Identifier: islandora:21621

Title: Oboe
Subject: Musical instruments--Austria--Vienna
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 422.111.2 (Single) reedpipes with double (or quadruple) reeds oboes, with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes, Length: 553mm (21.7 in.), Diameter: 66mm (2.4 in.), Place of production: Vienna (Austria), Creator: Johan Tobias Uhlman, Vienna, Date of creation: 1834-1904
Identifier: islandora:20595

Title: Cikuvu
Subject: Musical instruments--Zambia, Chokwe (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.243 Slit Drums, Place of production: Zambia
Identifier: islandora:20817

Title: Open single end-blown flute without fingerholes
Subject: Musical instruments--Congo, Bongo (African people)
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Place of production: Congo
Identifier: islandora:20874

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, Botanical gardens--South Africa--Roodepoort--Maps,
Description: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, Roodepoort, Gauteng. Site analysis. Map showing built and natural features. Extract from report., Ammonia copy (blueprint) of original, hand-drawn, ink on paper.
Identifier: islandora:28164

Title: Figurine of a man playing seketari
Subject: Sculpture--Lesotho
Description: Place of production: Morija (Lesotho), Creator: Samuel Makoanyane
Identifier: islandora:20715

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Bartmansfontein, Swartberg Mountain range, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock paintings of animal and human figures. The human figures are in red and the buck is in white. The buck has possibly been scraped and defaced.
Identifier: islandora:21566

Title: Concert flute, Boehm system
Subject: Musical instruments--England--London
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.121.12 (Single) side-blown flutes with fingerholes, Length: 656mm (25.6 in.), Diameter: 36mm (1.2 in.), Place of production: London (England), Creator: Rudall Carte and Co., London
Identifier: islandora:20437

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Ezeljgts poort 1, George, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting showing the same image as iziko_slides-224 but this image has focused on the faded red figures in the middle of the painting.
Identifier: islandora:21651

Title: Municipal parking area, Randburg
Subject: Parking lots--South Africa--Johannesburg--Designs and plans,
Description: Parking area, Ferndale, Johannesburg. Sketch plan of parking area layout, Ferndale, for Randburg Town Council., Photographic copy of ammonia print of hand-drawn original (extract from portfolio).
Identifier: islandora:28144

Title: Concert flute with six keys
Subject: Musical instruments--England--London
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs numbers: 2460, 2461, 2464, 3607, Length: 653mm (25.6 in.), Diameter: 37mm (1.2 in.), Place of production: London (England), Creator: D'Almaine and Co.
Identifier: islandora:20432

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