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SIM card issued by Vodacom, 1994

Telecommunications

1994

Necklace, belonging to witch doctor, tigers teeth

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1932

Tellurometer for EDM (Electronic Distance Measurement), 1957-1962

Surveying

1957-1962

3D printed sculpture, The Horse Marionette

Antenna

2011

Divination bones, South Africa, 1880-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Serpentine and pewter tobacco pipe, tall cylindric

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Photograph of the emission nebula, Eta Carina (1 hour exposure)

Astronomy

1909

Serpentine stone tobacco pipe, bowl only, of doubl

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1915

eRanger ambulance

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

2000-2009

Snuff box, horn, plumb-bob shape with curved spatu

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Amuletic necklace of lions and leopard's teeth(26)

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Green serpentine stone tobacco pipe, most of stem

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Wooden bowl containing shells, bones and nut kernels, South Africa, 1890-1924

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1924

Two dried seed shell snuff boxes, disc stoppers, e

Pharmacy-ware

1880-1915

Stylised doll consisting of conical shape covered

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl, attached to fine b

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1915

Carved wooden statue of a female in standing posit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910

Zulu witch doctor's devil horns and charm box with

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

Horn snuff container, bulbous, tapering towards mo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Amuletic bracelet made from twisted wire and beads

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1925

Steel pick with pointed tip and flat spatulate hea

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Small skin medicine man's bag hung with chains, to

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

8 tusks and 6 small pieces of wood on knotted leat

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Bone snuff spoon, Zulu, South African

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Skirt of strips of cow hair and hide, Zulu maker, South Africa, 1880-1930

Skirt of strips of cow hair and hide, Zulu maker,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Grass basketry penis sheath with reed covering onion-shaped, for averting river blindness, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1890-1915

Grass basketry penis sheath with reed covering oni

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1915

Dried grass basketry penis sheath, bottle shaped worn as a protection against river blindness, South African, 1900-1925

Dried grass basketry penis sheath, bottle shaped w

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1925

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Racial Classifications and Reclassifications', taken by Jurgen Schadeburg in South Africa c1950. Depicting two men hiding around a corner from two policemen. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Racial Classifications and Reclassifications

Photographs

A pair of cufflinks in chromed? metal, faces depict South African Railways class 9E Locomotive in black plastic box

Souvenir Cufflinks

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1975

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Benny Singh, Father of black boxing in South Africa', taken by Jurgen Schadeberg c1950. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Benny Singh, Father of Black Boxing in South Africa

Photographs

Carved wooden penis sheath, egg-shaped with deeply incased ribbing worn as protection against river blindness, Kaffir tribe, South Africa, 1890-1925

Carved wooden penis sheath, egg-shaped with deeply

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1925

One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, showing the building and dome for the Carte du Ciel twin astrographic refractor by Howard Grubb, Dublin.

One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Obs

Astronomy

1909

Carved wooden penis sheath, egg-shaped, brass wire band around centre, worn as a protection against river blindness, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1900-1920

Carved wooden penis sheath, egg-shaped, brass wire

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1920

Carved wooden ceremonial staff, long slender rod, top has two sets of pod-like projections painted black, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1910

Carved wooden ceremonial staff, long slender rod,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

Snuff box at each end of wooden link chain, conical shaped with stopper inserted in apex, Kaffir(?), South African, 1890-1920

Snuff box at each end of wooden link chain, conica

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1920

Eleven snakeskin amulet cases stitched to fibre cord necklace decorated with red cord beads, loop and button ends, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1910

Eleven snakeskin amulet cases stitched to fibre co

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1910

Grass basketry penis sheath covered in reed strands, onion shaped, circular hole runs through centre, affords protection against river blindness, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1900-1930

Grass basketry penis sheath covered in reed strand

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1930

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Todd Matshikiza, Drum Writer, Music Composer', taken by Jurgen Schadeberg in South Africa c1950. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Todd Matshikiza, Drum Writer, Music Composer

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Granny', taken by Bob Gosani in Pretoria Township, South Africa in June 1955. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Granny

Photographs

1955-06

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Regina Brooks, Black or White?', taken by Bob Gosani c1955. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Regina Brooks, Black or White?

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Migrant Workers Housing Compound, South Africa, 1950s", by Eli Weinberg (I.D.A.F.) . From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Working the Surface of the Earth', shown 23 July - 3 September 1988

Migrant Workers Housing Compound, South Africa, 1950s

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Look at Cops', taken by Alf Kumalo in Benoni during November 1956. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Look at Cops

Photographs

1956

A black and white silver gelatine photograph entitled 'Who's Pushing' taken in August 1953 by Lionel Oostendorp. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Who's Pushing?

Photographs

1953-08

A black and white silver gelatin photograph depicting a solitary figure walking towards some houses with some horses grazing in the background. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Figure with horses

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Watching the Dead', taken by Bob Gosani in Newcastle, South Africa in May 1958. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Watching the Dead

Photographs

1958

A black and white silver gelatine photograph entitled 'Selina Kolae, Beauty Queen, Model Cover Girl and Socialite' taken by Bob Gosani, c1950s. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Selina Kolae, Beauty Queen, Model Cover Girl and Socialite

Photographs

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Steven 'Kalamazoo' Mokone", by Bob Gosani. Taken in South Africa in the 1950s. From Impressions Galley exhibition 'Drum' 10th December 1988 - 21st January 1989

Steven 'Kalamazoo' Mokone

Photographs

One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, showing a 7-inch Heliometer with equatorial mounting by Messrs Repsold and Sons, Hamburg. Used widely by Sir David Gill to make stellar parallax measurements from 1887 onwards.

One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observa

Astronomy

1909

One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, showing transit instrument pillars erected by the Rev. Fearson Fallows.

One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observa

Astronomy

1909

Medicine man's necklace, Kaffir, South African, 1890-1935

Medicine man's necklace, Kaffir, South African, 18

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1935