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Earthenware with a glaze that is an imitation of malachite.

577Snider Rifle #WR254344

Peter C 1700, inkpot with lid held in circular tapered base with holes for pens, probably Dutch.

Colour Lithograph
Work on paper

I am applying for a temporary export permit to send 34 small slabs containing insect fossils with my Ph.D student Mr Ben Kirkaldy, to Germany for study at the Stuttgart Museum (Stuttgart) with research collaborator Dr Arnold Staniczek. We lack the local expertise in South Africa to adequately study the morphology and taxonomy of these specimens, and would like Ben to study the fossils with world renowned mayfly and stonefly expert Dr Staniczek. 

Colour Lithograph
Work on paper

Thirty Early Iron Age ceramic sherds

temporary export of 393 specimens of fossil birds including: honeyguides Indicatoridae

Zulu Ceremonial Military Staff or standard. Metal, wood and rush binding

Framed painting entitled THE WRECK OF DE VIS AT CAMP'S BAY, 1740, ATTRIBUTED TO J LEEUWENBERG
SUBJECT      CT CP CAMP'S BAY SHIPWRECKS VIS, DE (SHIP) ACCIDENTS LEEUWENBERG, JURGEN WORKS SHIPPING SLAVERY SLAVES.

Drums: Some are made entirely of wood while others have animal skin membranes. These vary from small drums held in the arms to others which are either heavy or tall. These are planted on the ground while being played.
Horns: There are various sizes of these instruments, mostly made of animal horns such as the Kudu and cattle and one made of an elephant tusk. There are also metal and wooden horns which vary in size up to around 60cm.
Pipes: These are made of various lengths of reeds from a few cm up to around 25cm.
String instruments: These are made of wood and animal fibres are used for strings. Some of them have animal skin membranes and strings consisting of various fibres such as animal material or grasses. They vary in size from hand held ones to the large kora which has to be placed on a mount while being played.
Mbiras: These consist of wood, iron, calabashes. They are in various sizes from small hand held ones to others which must be placed on the lap when being played. The sizes vary from a few centimetres up to around 40 cm. Some have heights of up to around 15 cm.
Bells: These are made of iron. The sizes vary from being small ones which are placed around the fingers to others big in size which are held with one hand while the other hand strikes the bell with a stick. 
Zithers: Consisting of troughs carved out of wood over which strings of various lengths are tied. They vary in length and height from around 50cm to the one from Madagascar being more than a metre.
Marimbas: They are made of wood and calabashes. The sizes vary from the timbilas which one can carry around the waist. These are more than a metre in length. The other one from Uganda is a few metres in length, has heavy keys and has to be placed on the ground when played.
Flutes: Animal horns, reeds. Sizes vary from reed pipes which are handheld to large trumpets made of horns such as an elephant tusk for instance. 

Ndebele Southern Africa Glass beads, Brass bells and cotton thread

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd

Earthenware Ceramic Sherd