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Title: Esrāj
Subject: Musical instruments--India
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.321-7 Necked bowl lutes sounded by bowing, A. Height: 155mm (5.9in), Width: 170mm (6.7in), Length: 965mm (37.8in), B. Height: 9mm (0.1in), Width: 42mm (1.6in), Length: 520mm, Place of production: India
Identifier: islandora:20250

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Slopes (landforms), 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. Slope analysis, sheet 2., Sepia print of hand-drawn original, with ink and Letraset texture/hatch.
Identifier: islandora:28004

Title: Milk bag
Subject: Musical instruments--Botswana, Tswana (African people)--Music
Description: Height: 150mm (6in), Width: 308mm (11.8in), Height: 553mm (21.7in), Place of production: Ramotswa (Botswana)
Identifier: islandora:20224

Title: Members of Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies,
Description: Members of the Mandela United Football Club, Johannesburg, 1997. In 1997, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela appeared at the Truth Commission to answer allegations about her involvement with the Mandela United Football Club. A number of parents from Soweto had testified about the disappearance of their children after they had come into contact with these men. The Commission had gathered evidence linking the club to more than twenty incidents of abduction, assault and murder. The coach, Jerry Richardson, testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and claimed that his orders came from Mrs Winnie Mandela, whom he called "mommie". Mrs Mandela denied all involvement.
Identifier: islandora:771

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:20059

Title: Tai ping xiao
Subject: Musical instruments--China
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.221.12 (Single) open flutes with internal duct, with fingerholes, Place of production: China
Identifier: islandora:20455

Title: Tenor recorder
Subject: Musical instruments--Great Britain
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.221.12 (Single) open flutes with internal duct, with fingerholes, Length: 612mm (24 in.), Diameter: 50mm (2 in.), Place of production: Great Britain, Creator: Arnold Dolmetsch, Date of creation: 1924
Identifier: islandora:20445

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Huisrivierpass, near Calitzdorp, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock paintings of figures in white.
Identifier: islandora:21639

Title: Boy selling newspapers, Parow, South Africa, 1981
Subject: South Africa--Social conditions--20th century, Apartheid--South Africa, Children--South Africa, Newspaper vendors--South Africa, Child labor--South Africa, Some evidence of things seen
Description: A newspaper vendor with his bundle of newspapers at the Parow railway station, where he was left shortly before dawn, 1981
Identifier: islandora:950

Title: Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden
Subject: Vegetation, 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. Existing vegetation, sheet 2., Sepia print of hand-drawn original, with ink and Letraset texture/hatch.
Identifier: islandora:28007

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Nooitgedacht 3, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of human figures with the body of a bird, possibly a therianthrope, in red.
Identifier: islandora:21724

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Rooielskloof 1, Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Unidentifiable, faded rock painting.
Identifier: islandora:21679

Title: Image from rock painting site. Site of Huisrivierpass, near Calitzdorp, South Africa.
Subject: Rock paintings--South Africa--Western Cape., , ,
Description: Rock painting of a human figure in white
Identifier: islandora:21647

Title: Wax cylinders in containers; cardboard box
Subject: Boxes--United States, Dictating machines--United States, Dictaphone Corp., Wax--United States
Description: Place of production: United States
Identifier: islandora:20032

Title: Sheng; mouth-organ
Subject: Musical instruments--China
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 412.132 Sets of free reeds, Place of production: China
Identifier: islandora:20410

Title: Ocarina
Subject: Musical instruments--Austria
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.221.42 Vessel flutes with duct, with fingerholes, Height: 38mm (1.2 in.), Width: 73mm (2.8 in.), Length: 146mm (5.5 in.), Place of production: Austria, Stamp: 'M. (illegible), Vienna Made in Austria'
Identifier: islandora:20469

Title: Penny whistle
Subject: Musical instruments--Germany
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 421.2 Flutes with duct or duct flutes, Height: 14mm (0.4 in.), Width: 15mm (0.4 in.), Length: 322mm (12.6 in.), Place of production: Germany
Identifier: islandora:20641

Title: Timpani
Subject: Musical instruments--England--London
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs numbers: 211.11 Separate vessel drums, Place of production: London (England), Creator: Hawkes and Son, Date of creation: Late 19th century, Reverse loop. The cable is turned on metal hoops.
Identifier: islandora:20513

Title: Ramkie
Subject: Musical instruments--Botswana, Tswana (African people)--Music
Description: Hornbostel-Sachs number: 321.31 Spike lutes, Height: 140mm (5.5in), Width: 123mm (4.7in), Length: 561mm (22in), Place of production: Botswana
Identifier: islandora:20240

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