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Title: A small assegai and whetstone discovered at the archaeological site of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area
Subject: Kleinman, Karel "Vet Piet"', San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Implements, Khomani (African people)--Implements, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman shows a small assegai and an whetstone of San origin found at the archaeological site of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area near Mbiwe.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26981

Title: Image of rock painting site
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Rock paintings--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A rock art drawing of two figures in red.
Identifier: islandora:27169

Title: Living site at the Western Boundary : draft, Map item #6; Map item #28
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs, ,
Description: A draft map showing the living site on the western boundary of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The map focuses on the living site and it's relation to water and fertile grounds for hunting and gathering, with specific reference to truffles. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27328

Title: A small rusted container discovered at the archaeological site of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area
Subject: Kleinman, Karel "Vet Piet"', San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Implements, Khomani (African people)--Implements, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Karel "Vet Piet" Kleinman holding a small rusted container found at the Mbiwe living site and archaeological site.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26974

Title: A small rusted container discovered at the archaeological site of the ǂKhomani San 's former living area
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Implements, Khomani (African people)--Implements, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: An unidentified person shows a rusted polish tin found at the archaeological site at the former living site at Mbiwe.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26975

Title: Park shot of travelling route and temporary camp site.
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The San used a North-South route through this area following the river bed, the dunes and the streets. This route connected many key sites within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park with the former settlement. The ǂKhomani San used this site as a temporary camp while travelling through the area. The site can not sustain a permanent campsite as all the water in the area is salt water.The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is home to a number of abandoned buildings and structures which are now used as tourist attractions and lookout posts for travellers. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26957

Title: Members of the |Khasi-Kassie Family reconnect with their ancestral history at the former living site of Donald Bain
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: In 1935 Donald Bain attempted to secure live specimens for his Live Bushmen Display at the 1936 Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg and Durban. Bain persuaded 77 San men, women and children to accompany him under the auspices that their active involvement might encourage the government to give back the San's ancestral land. When they returned from the Empire Exhibition they discovered their homes and belongings had been burnt.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:27037

Title: Artefacts found at the site of the former Bushmen settlement near Twee Rivieren
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Implements, Khomani (African people)--Implements, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: During one of the early research trips to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a trip was made to two adjacent grave sites near a former settlement near Twee Rivieren. Jakob Malgas holds two artefacts uncovered at the site.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:27163

Title: Archeological sites and movement of peoples
Subject: Africa, Southern -- Maps., Africa, Southern -- Antiquities -- Maps., Ngoni (African people) -- Migrations -- Maps.
Description: Manuscript map of southern Africa from Lake Tanganyika and the Congo River in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in the south. The map shows archaeological sites, towns and villages, mission stations, mountain ranges, the route of Ngoni groups stemming from Zwangendaba and the route of the Maseko Ngoni of southern Nyasaland [Malawi]., Map possibly drawn by or for Monica Wilson.
Identifier: islandora:19586

Title: Grave sites at Bushman Camp 1934-36, Map item #4
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, ,
Description: This poster provides information about the death and burial of a number of San community members within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. It includes an inset map showing the Nossob and Twee Rivieren rest camps in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. [Scale included]
Identifier: islandora:27325

Title: Members of the |Khasi-Kassie Family visiting Donald Bain's former living site
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Members of the |Khasi-Kassie Family reconnecting with the ancestral history at the location of Donald Bain's former living site. In 1935 Donald Bain attempted to secure live specimens for his Live Bushmen Display at the 1936 Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg and Durban. Bain persuaded 77 San men, women and children to accompany him under the auspices that their active involvement might encourage the government to give back the San's ancestral land. When they returned from the Empire Exhibition they discovered their homes and belongings had been burnt.The landscape is dotted with the hakbos which, in spring time, are covered in little white flowers.Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:27038

Title: The site of a former living area for the ǂKhomani San, currently an archaeological site.
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Landscapes--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The site of a former living area for the ǂKhomani San, currently an archaeological site. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.
Identifier: islandora:26973

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