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Drill core site BSE-2, located 51m from geosite 208 and 66m from geosite 148 within a SAHRA Geosite polygon, which forms part of the Barberton Makhonjwa World Heritage Site.Core drilling of 5cm diameter and 500m length.Half of the core will be stored at the national South African Donkershoek core storage facility outside Pretoria, and the other half at the Core Repository for Scientific Drilling at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in Berlin.

About Baba Tree Baskets
The Baba Tree Basket Co has been preserving the culture of baskets and the Gurunsi community in Bolgatanga for the last 15 years. It’s here that an exquisitely woven Baba Tree community of over 250 artisans practice a time-honoured weaving technique using elephant grass and their very own “rhythm and flow”. Each basket comes directly from the hands of the artisan weavers we collaborate with - energetic, colourful, purposeful. Each luscious curve is the handprint or signature of the weaver who has expertly handcrafted your basket, we celebrate the unique differences in each and every piece.
Founder Gregory MacCarthy started weaving stories with baskets a few years after he first took steps in Ghana in 1999 with the significant understanding that good design can and will change people’s lives. The Baba Tree Basket Company continues this ongoing commitment to the artisan weavers we collaborate with through the progressive creation of sustainable jobs, fair and meaningful work and true social impact in the local community. Africa is the fastest growing continent.
Already we have seen so much positive change and progress in our time on the ground in Bolgatanga, a remote town in the Upper East Region of Ghana.. otherwise known as ‘’the city of baskets’’! Our original desire to celebrate the creativity and excellence of the Gurunsi people has never felt more significant as we continue to focus on creating income earning opportunities for the Gurunsi artisans we collaborate with and a global marketplace to celebrate their incredible craftsmanship. Honouring local basket traditions and creating exciting forms with the oldest craft in the world is what we do best!
New patterns, techniques and dye materials emerge over time as we continue to innovate, evolve and understand better the elephant grass our weavers so exquisitely weave by hand. Evolution of our products are never rushed to market, but slowly developed to be useful, beautiful and ethical. Our design and development team work closely with our Master Weavers to ensure the authenticity and incredible quality of all our basketry. Weekly workshops, skills training and the weavers own enthusiasm and innovation enable their basket mastery to be celebrated and sold all over the globe. You can discover our incredible culture of baskets for yourself at Koskela, AS’ART, The Conran Store, Couleur Locale and Goodee to name a few of our incredible retail partners!
Alongside the exclusive designs available via our online store and through our global retailers, exciting impact projects are taking our basketry to the next level. Currently we are collaborating with brands with purpose, interior designers, art galleries and hoteliers to create custom colourways and bespoke shapes never seen before! Basket is functional art we believe. Welcome.

35 isolated fossil teeth

40 isolated fossil teeth

7 isolated fossil teeth

9 isolated fossil teeth

12 isolated fossil teeth

7 isolated fossil teeth

15 isolated fossil teeth

10 isolated fossil teeth

14 isolated fossil teeth

BP/1/8900

Lissodus sp.

Driefontein 11, FS province

Isolated tooth

Cynognathus zone, Early Triassic

BP/1/8905

Lissodus tumidoclavus

Driefontein 11, FS province

Isolated tooth

Cynognathus zone, Early Triassic

BP/1/8983

Hybodontidae indet

Driefontein 11, FS province

Isolated tooth

Cynognathus zone, Early Triassic

BP/1/8982

Hybodontidae indet

Driefontein 11, FS province

Isolated tooth

Cynognathus zone, Early Triassic

BP/1/8952

Polyacrodus sp.

Driefontein 11, FS province

Isolated tooth

Cynognathus zone, Early Triassic

BP/1/9069

Archosauromorph?

Driefontein 11, FS province

Single osteoderm

Cynognathus zone, Early Triassic

BP/1/2614

Early branching diapsid

Ringsfontein, Murraysburg, Western Cape

Isolated skull

Lower-Upper Cistocephalus Zone; Late Permian

BP/1/1187

Kitchingnathus utabeni
*type specimen

Windvogelsberg, Queenstown, Eastern Cape

Skull and partial postcranial skeleton

Lystrosaurus zone; early Triassic

BP/1/4589

Proterosuchus sp.

Fairydale, Bethulie, Free State

Forelimb

Lystrosaurus zone; early Triassic

BP/1/7527

Crocodylomorpha indet

Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State, Rooidraai

Partial skull and postcrania

Massospondylus AZ, Early Jurassic

SAM-PK-k410

Crocodylomorpha indet
*collections identification is "Aetosauridae”

Kromme Spruit, Eastern Cape

Articulated skeleton

Upper Elliot Formation, Early Jurassic

SAM-PK-K8305

Heleosaurus scholtzi

Fraserburg, Beukesplaas, Gannakraal 422

At least four individuals on a single slab, including skulls and anterior postcrania

Tapinocephalus AZ, Guadalupian, Late Middle Permian

SAM-PK-011192

Sauropareion anoplus

Middelburg, EC, Barendskraal, Klip Fonteyn 234

Skull and partial postcrania

Lystrosaurus AZ, Early Triassic

SAM-PK-K008302

Australothyris smithi

Fraserburg, Beukesplaas, Gannakraal 422

Skull

Tapinocephalus AZ, Guadalupian, Late Middle Permian

SAM-PK-K7710

Youngina capensis

Beaufort West, EC, Leeu Kloof 43

Aggregation of 5 individual skeletons

Tropidostoma Zone, Late Permian

SAM-PK-11894 

“Erythrochampsa” longipes

Barkley East, EC, Eagle’s Crag, Moshesh’s Ford 99

Partial postcranial skeleton

Massospondylus AZ, Early Jurassic

SAM-PK-K11806

Procolophon sp

Free State, Lemoenfontein 44

Nodule with possible skull

Cynognathus AZ

SAM-PK-K11805

Procolophon sp.

Free State, Lemoenfontein 44

Nodule with possible skull

Cynognathus AZ

The Wilkinson 1907 pattern bayonet (alternatively called the Sword Bayonet) was designed in conjunction with the development of the short magazine Lee Enfield rifle to grant further reach for British combatants. The bayonet was inherited from the current owner's grandfather.

41 bags of unidentifiable macrofaunal bones greater than 2cm extracted from coarse fraction without unique ID numbers - each bag is a separate object with this batch as the parent id.

27 Samples of Ostrich Eggshell from Blombos1 and Klipdrift Shelter - each sample is a separate object with this batch as the parent id.

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Location: Lion Battery - Cape Town 

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Conditon: Poor

Comments: Taken off frigate - +- 2004

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Location: War Memorial, Cradock

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Condition: Fair

Comments: Near NG Kerk at Spar

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Location: Tommy Rendle VC Shell Hole Cape Town

Ownership: MOTH

Condition: Fair

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Location: Lord Allenby Shell Hole Estcourt

Ownership: MOTH

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micromorphological block sample

loose bulk sediment sub-sample

micromorphological block sample