TRADITIONAL JAPANESE FOOTWEAR (GETA)
By: Frank Teichert, Curator – DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History The geta is a traditional form of Japanese footwear that resembles both clogs and flip-flops. They are a kind of sandal with an elevated wooden base held onto the foot
CHARCOAL FUNNEL IRONS
also, referred to as” Goose neck irons” or “Omkykers” By: A Carelsen - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Laundry In the olden days doing laundry every week was a major chore in the absence of mordants and detergents. Soap or soap
FOTOGRAFIE OP METAAL
By: Mariana Zdara, Snr Conservator, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Die wêreld se eerste relatief permanente foto is in 1827 deur Joshep Nicephore Niepce (1795-1833), ‘n offisier in die Franse weermag en vloot, ontwikkel. Portret van Joseph Niepce, ‘n Franse uitvinder
THE MERRYWEATHER FIRE ENGINE
By: David Rilley-Harris - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) The Merryweather fire engine at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH). The DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) was founded in 1947. Over the next few years,
TOKEN COINS
By: Julia Montlha - Curator, Numismatic Collection, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History In numismatics token coins or trade tokens are pieces of metal or plastic, resembling a coin in shape, size, and type but issued privately, usually without government authority. Token coins are
THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY 1946 – 1994 ILLUSTRATED USING ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE DITSONG
By: Allan Sinclair - DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction A previous article, published on the DMSA website in August 2023, concentrated on South Africa’s Naval Forces during the Second World War (1939 – 1945) using a number of works
HERITAGE MONTH 2023
The 2023 Heritage Month brings focus to South Africa’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and its immense contribution to our social, economic, health, and scientific well-being especially for rural, township, and peri-urban communities. Annually, September marks Heritage Month with Heritage Day
THE M23 REBELLION
By: David Rilley-Harris - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) The conflict area within the Democratic Republic of Congo (www.berejst.dk/389/Goma.htm). The end of the Great African War (1998-2003) did not end conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
MEDAL OF CARNAGE: BATTLE OF WATERLOO 1815
By: Anzel Veldman- Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History A watercolour sketch of a wounded man at the Battle of Waterloo by Sir Charles Bell, a military surgeon who recorded wounded men on the warfront between 1809–1815. During the 17th and