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Zulu Sleeping Mat Rack Panel attributed to Zizwezenyanga Qwabe.

Zulu Sleeping Mat Rack Panel attributed to Zizwezenyanga Qwabe.

COLLECTORS COIN 1797

COMMERATIVE COIN

COMMERATIVE COIN 1937

Its about a 7X6 m piece of wooden hull of the Commodore II schooner

Artist: Maggie Laubser
Title: “Composition (Birds and Malay Figure)”
Size (in frame): 53.5 x 40.5cm
Materials and Technique: Oil on canvas
Year: Signed circa 1950

An abstract composition of black lines and geometric shapes in rust/ochre, mustard-yellow, dull blue and grey.

Group of birds sitting in on a tree branch. 
Collection of Sir Hugh Lane, London; sold to Sir Max Michaelis, 1913; donated to the South African nation by Sir Max Michaelis, 1914.
The Concert of the Birds was a popular theme especially among Flemish painters of the first half of the 17th century. This is an outstanding example of this genre, among which several other examples by Snijders are known.

10 specimens of the extant species Connochaetes gnou (Black Wildebeest, collected during the 1930’s and 1940’s), all which is kept in the Florisbad Modern Mammal Reference Collection:Species Museum Catalogue no Specimen Study ID CommentsConnochaetes gnou NMBF90 Tooth powder & pieces CGH001 Male JuvConnochaetes gnou NMBF80 Tooth pieces CGH003 Female AdultConnochaetes gnou NMBF82 Tooth CGH004Connochaetes gnou NMBF84 Tooth powder CGH002 Male AdultConnochaetes gnou NMBF96 Tooth CGH005 Male AdultConnochaetes gnou NMBF81 Tooth CGH006 Female AdultConnochaetes gnou NMBF92 Tooth CGH007 Female AdultConnochaetes gnou NMBF93 Tooth CGH008 Female Adult20 Black Wildebeest specimens from the +/- 3500 year old Heelbo Fossil Collection:Species Tooth/Bone Site age Box ID Packet/Sample IDConnochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot418 HB2723Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot406 HB1523Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot398 HB2600Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot406 HB2851Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot418 HB2666Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot398 HB1200Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot398 HB1041Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Unknown UnknownConnochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Unknown HB1218Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot398 HB1129Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot392 HB1288Connochaetes gnou Bone powder Heelbo ±3500 Unknown UnknownConnochaetes gnou Tooth powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot414 UnknownConnochaetes gnou Tooth powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot414 HB2787Connochaetes gnou Tooth powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot414 HB2973Connochaetes gnou Tooth powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot390 HB1834Connochaetes gnou Tooth powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot390 HB2078Connochaetes gnou Tooth pieces Heelbo ±3500 Lot414 HB2976Connochaetes gnou Tooth powder Heelbo ±3500 Lot390 HB1661Connochaetes gnou Tooth Heelbo ±3500 Lot397 HB2770

Proposed export of 180 medals and supporting documents from a deceased estate to Spink & Son, 67-69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, WC1B 4ET, London.

The Cooke Refractor Telescope (with eight inch, 200 mm, aperture)was built in the United Kingdom by Messrs. Cooke & Sons
ACCESSORIES   (See attached: Pic3–Huygens eyepieces.  Pic4–Protractor.  Pic5–Spectrum analyser? Pic6–Spirit level.  Pic7–Micrometer.  Pic8–Binary star measure?  Pic9–Transit telescope; scale-bar 30cm).

A set of 9 small copper beads with some patination that have been cut from a tube. Each bead is tagged with the following number respectively:OPI LE-H/2 B1;
OPI LB/2a B4;
OPI MK/1d B8;
OPI MO 35/2 B11;
OPI GO 34/4 B12;
OPI MK/2c B14;
OPI GO 34/4 B15;
OPI GO 29/6 B16;
                                                                                                                                        OPI LB/2a B17

4 Copper canes. Arts & Crafts style.

53 fragments of copper

 export of  copper samples (ten pieces of slag and five of tuyere)

Copper SHeathing from the wreck of the Volo

Copper urn.

CORNELIUS JANSSEN VAN CEULEN
Portrait of Gertruda Huysmans
Oil painting
64 x 49 cms

Corporate coin collection

cosmogenic isotope dating samples

Linocut Signed in pencil with monogram in the plate

Landscape of mountains and a farmstead.

REDUNDANT ASSET - An identical locomotive of this class - Locomotive 25 NC # 3410 is preserved at the Bloemfontein Locomotive depot and forms part of the Transnet Collection. Another 12 of the same class is on loan to various steam clubs.The history of this class is captured in two publications " locomotives of the South African railways" by Leith Paxton and David bourne and " Railways of Southern Africa 150 years by Jean Dulez. A copy of both publications are available at the museum for reference purposes. Locomotive drawings (plans) and other information relating to this class are in safe custody at the Transnet Heritage Library. Compliance to the NHRA will form part of the condition of sale.

shell food waste

shell food waste

BP/1/4686 crocodylomorph

General Description:The Crusader Tanks were fielded by the Allied armed forces during the Second World War. The tanks were the primary cruiser tanks in the early years of the war, and were used in the North Africa campaign.This Crusader tank was shipped to South Africa in 1942 as part of the imperial commitment from Britain. It was used for training of South African Armour and Technical personnel and was later withdrawn from service. It was later withdrawn from service.