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Solifuges : The Ultimate Superhero
By adminDitsong / April 16, 2021
By Tharina Bird, Curator General Entomology DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History I asked a friend what she knows about...
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The Shona Mbira
By adminDitsong
/ September 25, 2020
By Motsane Getrude Seabela, Curator Anthropology, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Mbira, attached to a gourd resonator (Photograph by...
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TRADITIONAL IRON SMELTING BELLOWS
By adminDitsong
/ September 22, 2020
Motsane Getrude Seabela, Curator: Anthropology, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Skin-bag bellows, used for blowing air into a fire....
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Kruger House: the legends live on
By adminDitsong
/ September 22, 2020
Mauritz Naudé, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History (15/08/2020) Even though museums are normally associated with the collection of movable...
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A Missing Heritage Site
By adminDitsong
/ September 22, 2020
Sandra Naudé, Editor: DITSONG: Museums of South Africa The so-called “Convent Redoubt” stood at the corner of Visagie and Koch...
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SOUTH AFRICA’S ENTRY INTO THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND THE BATTLE OF BANGUI (22-24 MARCH 2013)
By Rendani Nevhulaudzi
/ September 21, 2020
David Rilley-Harris Ditsong National Museum of Military History August 2020 Source: UNICEF Introduction During the Cold War Africa had been...
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INNOVATIONS IN EDGED WEAPONS
By adminDitsong
/ September 21, 2020
David Rilley-Harris Ditsong National Museum of Military History September 2020 Edged weapons were being developed in the form of handheld...
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THE MAPIKO MASKS
By adminDitsong
/ September 21, 2020
Motsane Getrude Seabela, Curator: Anthropology, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History The Mapiko masks are associated with the Makonde people...
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THE LUGER PISTOL
By adminDitsong
/ September 21, 2020
A CONQUEROR OF TWO WORLD WARS Jan van den Bos, Curator Military Collection, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History The...
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Object knowledge during documentation
By Rendani Nevhulaudzi
/ September 21, 2020
Jan van den Bos, curator, military collection, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History The purpose of museums is to collect...
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CENTENARY OF THE DEMISE OF SAMMY MARKS
By adminDitsong
/ September 21, 2020
Jaco Schoonraad, Acting Manager, DITSONG: Sammy Marks and Pioneer Museums and curator of Numismatics, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History...
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A Traditional Indonesian Dagger, The Kris
By adminDitsong
/ September 21, 2020
By : Frank Teichert The kris (also spelled keris) is the national weapon of Indonesia and the oldest distinctive weapon...
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PERUVIAN CHANCAY POTTERY COLLECTION
By adminDitsong
/ September 14, 2020
Frank Teichert, Curator Archaeology and Human Remains. DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History The Peruvian pots were discovered in a...
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ELEPHANT IVORY TUSKS
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
Of the Rhodesian Light Infantry Richard Henry Ditsong National Museum of Military History 12 May 2020 The Ditsong National Museum...
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BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR TANKERS FACE MASK
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
Richard Henry Ditsong National Museum of Military History 20 May 2020 The Museum’s Anti-Splash Tankers Mask: Acq No 17126. Belonged...
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SIDI REZEGH: IMAGES OF DEATH AND HORROR
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
Allan Sinclair Ditsong National Museum of Military History 30 April 2020 During the First World War (1914 – 1918) most...
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THE FALL OF FRANCE AND THE ENTRY OF JAPAN INTO THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1939 – 1945)
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
THE EFFECT OF THESE EVENTS ON SOUTH AFRICA Allan Sinclair Ditsong National Museum of Military History 29 April 2020 Introduction...
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COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF VE DAY
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
Allan Sinclair Ditsong National Museum of Military History 8 May 2020 On 8 May 1945 the British Prime Minister, Sir...
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Ko-Wakizashi Japanese Short Sword
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
David Rilley-Harris Ditsong National Museum of Military History May 2020 A wakizashi is a traditional Japanese short sword with a...
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The Push Dagger
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
David Rilley-Harris DNMMH Curator April 2020 First World War Push Dagger which belonged to L Cpl Arnold A push dagger...
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THE KLOPFEITSCHE / MARTINET
By adminDitsong
/ July 23, 2020
A clothes whip supposedly used at Buchenwald Richard Henry Ditsong National Museum of Military History 22 May 2020 Introduction: On...
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