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armament, ethnographic: spear, throwing
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water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun (HMS)
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water transport: native craft: canoe, dugout (East Africa)
water transport: native craft: dau la mtepe (Africa)
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water transport: sailing vessel: dau la mtepe (Africa)
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al-Battuti, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Bell, Charles Davidson
Bird, Henry P.
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Cole, J. H.
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J. Barnett & Co.
London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Company Limited
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Flag of the Khalifa's bodyguard (Flag)
A Naval battery at one of the emplacements outside Ladysmith during the siege. (Roll film negative)
Assegai (Assegai)
Natal cotton field (Photograph)
Stanley and Kalulu (Photograph)
'Dwelling Tent immediately under the Station peak on Riebecks Kasteel' (Print)
Wooden Staff (Staff)
Shield
Sun compass
Single-head drum (Drum)
Pot
Fan
Nimrod(1828); Warship; Sixth rate; Sloop; 20 guns (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model)
The entrance to the Governor's Quaters inside the Castle Military Museum complex in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Castle Military Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view of the Kommetje Hotel near Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Driving along Chapman's Peak Drive in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Three baboons climbing onto a car in the Cape Point Nature Reserve near the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A large number of parked cars in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A street view in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A display of fish inside the Natural History Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
A view overlooking the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (Colour transparency)
A partial view of the Seafarer's Club Building in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa (Colour transparency)
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