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Undecorated body sherd

Coelacanth Holotype Tissue SampleLatimeria chalumnae

Carved stone from the entrance to the Castle of Good Hope. One of the original carved stones from the pediment above the front entrance of the Castle. The carving is a symbolic representation of VOC sovereignty, appropriate to the level of power and control that was associated with the Castle at that time.

ungulate bone flake

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