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Title: Family portrait
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Children--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Family life
Description: Portrait of a family of "school people".
Identifier: islandora:5454

Title: Diviner 'smelling out'
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs, Pondo (African people)--Clothing
Description: Diviner 'smelling out'. This photograph depicts the same event as seen in: Reaction to conquest: effects of contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa. London : H. Milford, Pub. for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures by the Oxford University Press, 1936. Plate ?
Identifier: islandora:5484

Title: Family portrait, Mier
Subject: Rural children--South Africa--Northern Cape, Rural women--South Africa--Northern Cape, Family life, Rural men--South Africa--Northern Cape,
Description: A family portrait taken in Mier.
Identifier: islandora:5072

Title: Traditional dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, traditional, man, men, fire, sand, night, Khomani (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Social life and customs, Dance--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Evening gathering with dancing at the fire. Khomani San perform a traditional dance. Kalahari, Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:12051

Title: Andries Olyn, Print # 8
Subject: Olyn, Andries Xubonoma, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Men--South Africa--Northern Cape, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Andries Olyn, photographed here outside his home in Raaswater, Northern Cape, South Africa, was a fluent N|uu speaker from Raaswater. He was a member of the Council of Elders and the last remaining N|uu speaker. He died in 2013
Identifier: islandora:27201

Title: Family portrait
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, School children--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Family life
Description: Portrait of a family of "school people".
Identifier: islandora:5453

Title: Coolies - Market Squares
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa)--Pictorial works, South Africa--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, Cape Town (South Africa)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Group of three men resting on the steps of a building, (possibly in Greenmarket Square). An ox-waggon is depicted in the background. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26382

Title: Andries Olyn and his family outside their home
Subject: Olyn, Andries Xubonoma ; Olyn Family, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Dwellings, Khomani (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Andries Olyn, photographed with his extended family outside his home in Raaswater, was a fluent N|uu speaker from Raaswater, Northern Cape, South Africa. He was a member of the Council of Elders and the last remaining N|uu speaker. He died in 2013
Identifier: islandora:27213

Title: Traditional dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, traditional, man, men, fire, sand, night, Khomani (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Social life and customs, Dance--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Evening gathering with dancing at the fire. Khomani San perform a traditional dance. Kalahari, Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:12053

Title: Traditional beer-drink
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs, Pondo (African people)--Clothing
Description: A traditional beer-drink. Note the traditional beer basket.
Identifier: islandora:5431

Title: Traditional dance
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, indigenous, San, dance, ritual, celebration, traditional, man, men, fire, sand, night, Khomani (African people)--South Africa, San (African people)--South Africa--Social life and customs, Dance--South Africa, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Description: Evening gathering with dancing at the fire. Khomani San perform a traditional dance. Kalahari, Northern Cape.
Identifier: islandora:12056

Title: Social event
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs, Umbrellas--South Africa--Eastern Cape
Description: Social event. Notice the use of the sun-umbrella, a status symbol in rural areas.
Identifier: islandora:5438

Title: Family portrait
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Children--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Family life
Description: Portrait of family of "school people".
Identifier: islandora:5457

Title: Sitting around a fire
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, San, indigenous, removal, fire, community, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Fire use--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Community life--South Africa--Northern Cape, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Identifier: islandora:12344

Title: Smoking a pipe
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Older people--South Africa--Pondoland, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: Portrait of an elderly Pondo man smoking a pipe.
Identifier: islandora:5473

Title: Family portrait
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, School children--South Africa--Eastern Cape, Family life
Description: Portrait of a family of "school people".
Identifier: islandora:5452

Title: Man drinking
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Pondo (African people)--Social life and customs
Description: A woman calls a male friend to a drink.
Identifier: islandora:5403

Title: Unidentified house in Loubos, Northern Cape, South Africa
Subject: San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, San (African people)--Dwellings, Rehoboth Basters (African people)--Dwellings, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The residential community of Loubos, Northern Cape, South Africa, is a mixture of San and Basters (descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women). The houses here are near the salt pan.
Identifier: islandora:27215

Title: Fruiterers
Subject: Malays (Asian people) in art, Cape Town (South Africa)--Pictorial works, Cape Town (South Africa)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works, South Africa--In art
Description: Cape Town street scene showing two women seated on the side of the street, left foreground, and two Malay fruit sellers with baskets suspended from poles held across their shoulders. Title taken from original painting.
Identifier: islandora:26380

Title: Betta Steyn and Lena Kassie
Subject: Steyn, Beta ; Kassie, Lena, San (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, Khomani (African people)--South Africa--Northern Cape, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Women--South Africa--Northern Cape, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: Betta Steyn (Francoise Alexandra Steyn) and Lena Kassie in the doorway of the Sishen craft shop in Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa. Lena was the shop steward and Betta was a South African San Institute (SASI) consultant. The shop was a SASI initiative and helps generate income for the local San community.
Identifier: islandora:27179

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