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Title: The art and science of illustrating extinct humans
Subject: forensic anthropology
Description: Presentation notes for Anatomical Society of Southern Africa, 2000, Tygerberg
Identifier: islandora:33305

Title: The art and science of illustrating extinct humans
Subject: forensic anthropology
Description: Presentation notes for Anatomical Society of Southern Africa, 2000, Tygerberg
Identifier: islandora:33286

Title: Art Nouveau architecture on Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Art, Culture, Historic buildings
Description: Merchants, Long Street, Cape Town. One of the oldest buildings on Long Street, the original building at Merchants dates back 350 years and was made [with] slate from Table Mountain. After many iterations through the centuries it survives today as a fine example of Art Nouveau architecture.
Identifier: islandora:17456

Title: Community Arts Project
Description: The Community Arts Project (CAP) was a public art centre that was based in Cape Town from 1977 until its demise in 2008. It played a crucial role in Cape Town’s cultural life, particularly in the years of resistance to and transition from apartheid. Community art centres provided black artists with access to training, resources, materials and networks during a time when apartheid barred them from mainstream arts education institutions in the country. They also provided a space for non-racial connectivity in the arts at the height of apartheid.
Identifier: islandora:443

Title: Children's art exhibition, Soweto, 1975
Subject: Children's art--South Africa, Violence in art, South Africa--Social conditions, Art--South Africa, Winer Batch01,
Description: Children�s art exhibition depicting preoccupation with violence, Soweto, 1975. Artist unknown.
Identifier: islandora:12563

Title: Man demonstrates the art of "Chalifa" to audience, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Worship, ,
Description: Mr Mohamed Ismail demonstrates the Islamic art of "Chalifa" - piercing one's own body with blades - while members of the Bridgetown Chalifa group drum a rhythm to hold him in a trance. The group will appear at the Schotsche Kloof Civic Centre tonight at 7. Tickets cost R2,50.
Identifier: islandora:15460

Title: "Art is calling for me" from The Enchantress
Subject: Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924. Enchantress. Art is calling for me, Songs (High voice), Concerts--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: The Schock Prize for Singing 2006, Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
Identifier: islandora:30169

Title: Art exhibition
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, gallery, exhibition, music, San, indigenous, art, performance, child, man, instrument, Art, San--Exhibitions, Standard Bank National Arts Festival (1995 : Grahamstown, South Africa), San (African people)--South Africa--Music, Plucked instruments--South Africa, Grahamstown (South Africa)
Description: Am exhibition of San art at the Grahamstown Festival, 1955. A San man sits in the exhibition area holding a g//oaci (musical instrument). Grahamstown, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11758

Title: Art Class, Cape Town
Subject: Recreation areas, Art, ,
Description: A different kind of drawing-room - CAP (Community Arts Project) art class underway.
Identifier: islandora:15434

Title: Arts and crafts sold by the roadside
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Decoration and ornament, San, Decoration and ornament, Khomani, Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: The ǂKhomani San supplement their income by selling their arts and crafts at roadside stalls. Tortoise shells are a common feature as the flesh is eaten and the shells are used to make crafts.
Identifier: islandora:27147

Title: Malay Arts and Crafts, Cape Town
Subject: Religion, Islam, Wicker furniture, ,
Description: Furniture made by Muslims / Section of Malay Arts and Crafts: Van Riebeek festival. Exhibition at the Castle. 1952. Organised by H.M.A. Regal.
Identifier: islandora:15451

Title: Art exhibition
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, gallery, exhibition, family, San, indigenous, woman, child, performance, art, Art, San--Exhibitions, Standard Bank National Arts Festival (1995 : Grahamstown, South Africa), Grahamstown (South Africa)
Description: An exhibition of San art at the Grahamstown Festival, 1995. In the foreground is a child on someone's back. Grahamstown, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11759

Title: Art exhibition
Subject: Bushman, Southern Africa, gallery, exhibition, music, San, indigenous, art, performance, child, man, instrument, Art, San--Exhibitions, Standard Bank National Arts Festival (1995 : Grahamstown, South Africa), San (African people)--South Africa--Music, Plucked instruments--South Africa, Grahamstown (South Africa)
Description: An exhibition of San art at the Grahamstown Festival, 1995. A San man sits in the exhibition area holding a g//oaci (musical instrument). Grahamstown, South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:11760

Title: Children sitting around a table in a classroom doing art and craft activities, District Six, Cape Town, South Africa
Subject: District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--Social conditions, District Six (Cape Town, South Africa)--History, Cape Town (South Africa)--History, ,
Description: Children sit around a table and partake in arts and crafts activities in a classroom in District Six, Cape Town in the 1970's prior to the state orchestrated forced removals to locations further from the city.
Identifier: islandora:18501

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