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Mangbetu girl, 1942 by Irma Stern objectautoid_sahrisv1_14882 19/08/2014 - 15:18 Mangbetu girl, 1942 by Irma Stern

‘Mangbetu Girl, 1942’ by Irma Stern
Oil on canvas
Artwork size: 61,5 x 51,5 cm
Signed top right hand corner & dated 1942

Map 1 objectautoid_sahrisv1_21468 24/02/2015 - 08:35 faunal material

long bone shaft fragment

Map-BP-001 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32874 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-002 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32875 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-003 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32876 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-004 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32877 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-005 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32878 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-006 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32879 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-007 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32880 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-008 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32881 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-009 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32882 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

Map-BP-010 objectautoid_sahrisv1_32883 27/06/2016 - 12:06 bone point

Fractured bone point

MAP/G/2015/001 objectautoid_sahrisv1_27308 26/10/2015 - 08:05 Mapungubwe Gold rhino Gold rhinoceros figurine

Gold rhinoceros figurine made of several foil fragments originally nailed onto a core possibly of soft wood, evidenced by multiple nail perforations. The body is a single folded sheet and the head with a square muzzle is made in separate foil. The feet are flared outward. The shoulders with a prominent bump and stumpy short legs are clearly defined, as are the torso and sloping rump.

MAP/G/2015/002 objectautoid_sahrisv1_27309 26/10/2015 - 08:25 Mapungubwe gold bovine Gold bovine figurine

Gold foil bovine figurine, probably domestic cattle is made of more than 40 foil fragments, originally mounted onto a wooden core, which has since decayed. The facial profile is relatively flat or straight from poll to snout. The figure has down-turned horns (or ears) forming a downward continuation of the curve of the poll and is depicted with a distinctive humps.

MAP/G/2015/003 objectautoid_sahrisv1_27310 26/10/2015 - 08:27 Mapungubwe gold feline

Gold foil feline figurine with a long broad tail probably depicting a leopard in a stalking position. It is comprised of approximately 65 individual foil fragments. The outer surface is heavily scarred and abraded, and exhibits tooling marks used to originally shape it over a wooden core, a multitude of perforations are also visible.

MAP/G/2015/004 objectautoid_sahrisv1_27311 26/10/2015 - 08:28 Mapungubwe gold sceptre

Sceptre or staff head made from thin gold foil detachable finial. The finial is made from one sheet of gold bent and pleated into a shaped ring. The longitudinal light twisted stem is helical, with a raised ridge on one end. The ridge is decorated with a two encircling bands of angled, stippled incisions. The finial is round and flattened with bulged sides.

MAP/G/2015/005 objectautoid_sahrisv1_27312 26/10/2015 - 08:29 Mapungubwe gold bowl

A hemispherical gold vessel, folded up from a single foil sheet into a bowl shape, unevenly hammered and formed onto a wood core. Partly shaped by repoussé work, but also pleated near the rim. The edges of the vessel are folded inwards to form a rim. A multitude of small holes in many places around the walls of the bowl, mark the position for nail perforations, evidence of original mounting on a wooded former.

MAP001 02/10/2023 - 13:35 Mapungubwe Rhino

Sample record for the homepage

MAP0016 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11973 21/01/2014 - 15:17 Beads Glass beads

 temporary export of Glass beads curated at the University of the Witwatersrand

MAP0026 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11968 21/01/2014 - 14:40 Beads Glass beads

 temporary export of Glass beads curated at the University of the Witwatersrand

MAP0034 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11969 21/01/2014 - 14:42 Beads Glass beads

 temporary export of Glass beads curated at the University of the Witwatersrand

MAP0039 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11970 21/01/2014 - 14:49 Beads Glass beads

 temporary export of Glass beads curated at the University of the Witwatersrand

MAP0054 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11971 21/01/2014 - 14:50 Beads Glass beads

 temporary export of Glass beads curated at the University of the Witwatersrand

MAP0057 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11972 21/01/2014 - 14:52 Beads Glass beads

 temporary export of Glass beads curated at the University of the Witwatersrand

Mapungubwe objectautoid_sahrisv1_32739 14/06/2016 - 15:57 Bone tools Mapungubwe
Maqonqo objectautoid_sahrisv1_63054 21/05/2019 - 15:00 Worked bone fragments Maqonqo bone point fragments
MARINE SHELLS objectautoid_sahrisv1_12747 21/02/2014 - 15:29 Marine shell Marine shells

permanent export of marine shell and bone

MARINE SHELLS-001 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11894 13/01/2014 - 14:42 Marine shell fragment shell fragments

export of marine shell collected for dating, charcoal fragments 2 samples

MARINE SHELLS-001 objectautoid_sahrisv1_12754 26/02/2014 - 11:56 Marine shell Marine shell

export of 100 grams of marine shell

MARINE SHELLS-002 objectautoid_sahrisv1_11895 13/01/2014 - 14:50 Marine shell fragment cow horn

export of marine shell collected for dating one bone frgagment,