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Title: Bushmans method of catching in Pitfall
Subject: San (African people) in art, San (African people)--South Africa--Hunting, Rhinoceroses in art, South Africa--In art
Description: Two Bushman hunters, one on either side of a rhinoceros which has fallen with its front legs into a pitfall. Three Bushman women are depicted dancing (?) on high ground on the right. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26395

Title: Cikuvu
Subject: Musical instruments--Zambia, Chokwe (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 111.243 Slit Drums, Place of production: Zambia
Identifier: islandora:20830

Title: Which Bushmen? Watter Boesmans?, Map item #21
Subject: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa), San (African people), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Languages, San languages--History, San (African people)--Languages--Classification,
Description: A hand-drawn map, showing the distribution of numerous San communities (and their languages) throughout the San's extended living area in Southern Africa. The map also contains the Bushmen names for various places and rivers. The map makes reference to the work and terminology of researchers and scholars including Dorothea Bleek, Raymond Dart, Hendrik Pieter Steyn and Nigel Crawhall. [Hand-drawn ethnographic diagram]
Identifier: islandora:27343

Title: Nanga ya davhi
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20065

Title: Ugwali
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Xhosa (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.22-3 (True) stick zithers (-3 sounded by blowing), Height: 29mm (0.8in), Width: 45mm (1.6in), Length: 843mm, Place of production: Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20155

Title: Utiyane
Subject: Musical instruments--Swaziland, Swazi (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.21 Musical bow cum stick, A. Height: 39mm (1.2in), Width: 103mm (3.9in), Length: 741mm (29.1in), B. Length: 547mm (21.2in), Diameter: 6mm (0.1in), Place of production: Swaziland
Identifier: islandora:20742

Title: !Gabus/outa
Subject: Musical instruments--Namibia, Nama (African people)--Music, Damara (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.12 Mono-heterochord musical bows without resonator with tuning noose, A. Height: 12mm (0.4in), Width: 54mm (2in), Length: 825mm (32.3in), B. Length: 363mm (14.2in), Diameter: 4mm (0.1in), Place of production: Haruchas (Namibia)
Identifier: islandora:20740

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:20774

Title: Watter tale?, Map item #22
Subject: San (African people), Africa, Southern--Maps, San (African people)--Languages, San languages--History, San (African people)--Languages--Classification,
Description: A hand-drawn map, showing the distribution of numerous San languages throughout the Southern Kalahari. It makes reference to the work of fellow researchers and scholars including Clement Doke, Dorothea Bleek, and Anthony Traill. [Hand-drawn language diagram]
Identifier: islandora:27344

Title: Sekgapa
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Pedi (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 311.121.2 Mono-heterochord musical bows with tuning noose with resonator, A. Height: 186mm (7.1in), Width: 355mm (13.8in), Length: 1217mm (47.7in), B. Length: 347mm (13.4in), Diameter: 4mm, Place of production: Schoonoord (Mpumalanga, South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20277

Title: Isigubhu
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Zulu (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 211.2 Tubular drums, Place of production: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20826

Title: Demba
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Lemba (African people)--Music
Description: Height: 246mm, Diameter: 331mm, Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20694

Title: Donald Bain
Subject: Bain, Donald ; Rooi, |Una, Bain, Donald ; Rooi, |Una, San (African people)--History--Exhibitions, San (African people)--History--Exhibitions, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. --Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. --Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, British Empire Exhibition (1936 : Johannesburg, South Africa), British Empire Exhibition (1936 : Johannesburg, South Africa), San (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Social life and customs,
Description: This short clip is an extract from Tracks Across Sand: the ǂKhomani San of the southern Kalahari : the story of a land claim, and provides a brief introduction to the story of Donald Bain and the "Bain's Bushmen" exhibition at the Empire Exhibition.
Identifier: islandora:26346

Title: Malay Family
Subject: Malays (Asian people) in art, South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Group depicting a man, a woman and a small child, with Cape mountains in the background. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26376

Title: The Tree of Love
Subject: Tree of Love ; Bok, Lucas ; Rooi, |Una, Tree of Love ; Bok, Lucas ; Rooi, |Una, San (African people) --History, San (African people) --History, San (African people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people) -- Africa, Southern -- Ethnic identity, San (African people) -- Africa, Southern -- Ethnic identity, San (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, San (African people)--Rites and ceremonies,
Description: This short clip is an extract from Tracks Across Sand: the ‡Khomani San of the southern Kalahari : the story of a land claim, and provides a brief introduction to some of the San's cultural heritage within the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Identifier: islandora:26336

Title: Hottentots - Country Scene
Subject: Khoikhoi (African people) in art, South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Depicts three men and three women drinking and fighting. One woman has a baby on her back. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26372

Title: Tshitiringo
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.112.1 Sets of end-blown panpipes Open panpipes, A. Length: 372mm (14.6in), Diameter: 26mm (0.8in), B. Length: 339mm (13in), Diameter: 25mm (0.8in), C. Length: 324mm (12.6in), Diameter: 21mm (0.8in), D. Length: 345mm (13.4in), Diameter: 22mm (0.8), E. Length: 341mm (13.4in), Diameter: 19mm (0.4in), F. Length: 270mm (10.6in), Diameter: 20mm (0.8in), G. Length: 321mm (12.6in), Diameter: 16mm (0.4in), H. Length: 221mm (8.7in), Diameter: 21mm (0.8in), Place of production: Limpopo (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20304

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:20790

Title: Dzhio
Subject: Musical instruments--South Africa, Venda (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.111.11 Open single end-blown flutes without fingerholes, Height: 22mm, Width: 20mm, Length: 124mm, Place of production: Fundudzi, Lake (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:20061

Title: Aftermath
Subject: Kruiper, Dawid ; Mbeki, Thabo, Kruiper, Dawid ; Mbeki, Thabo, San (African people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park,
Description: This short clip is an extract from Tracks Across Sand: the ǂKhomani San of the southern Kalahari : the story of a land claim, and provides a brief introduction to the contemporary state of the San after their successful land claim. It pays particular reference to the significance of then-president Thabo Mbeki's visit to the area.
Identifier: islandora:26343

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