Introduction
A diagnosis and an identification of a species or any other recognized taxon imply two distinct things. Essentially, the ability to identify a species is the ability to recognize individuals in the field, whether they are at Brakfontein Private Nature Reserve, Wesselsbron in the Free State or in the Melmoth area, KwaZulu-Natal, and to say what species they belong to.
The San of southern Africa were hunter-gatherers, who subsisted by hunting animals and gathering plants. Women provided the staple plant foods and collected small animals and birds, while men hunted large animals. Living entirely off the land meant that they were nomadic and followed carefully planned annual routes (Biesele 1978).
The smooth, curved lines of bentwood chairs epitomize the timeless elegance linked to the European café style. While we may take this furniture style for granted today, its emergence in the late 19th century represented a revolutionary design advancement and signified an exhilarating shift from the rigid straight lines of earlier eras.
Human memory is enthralling in that it can record experiences, store them away in a deep vault of subconsciousness and hearken back triggered with the right questions and guidance from an oral historian. It is a symbolic role in the construction of a historical memory, actively promoting the need not to forget and developing in different ways and in a variety of settings the symbols and events, that would foster the preservation of the vivid recollection of the lived traumatic experience.
Could this be a bubble off?
In the Museum’s collection is a dry razor that resembles a modern bubble off or fluff shaver.
The Thorens Riviera is a gents’ dry razor manufactured in Switzerland in the 1950s. What makes this razor unique is its clockwork mechanism. The mechanism is wound up by turning the large chrome handle on the back similar to winding up a clock. This means no batteries or electricity is needed to power the shaver. In 1971, a similar razor was on board the Apollo 14 Moon mission.