Dolosse refer to the crude toys of bone used by children since the 1830’s to imitate a team of oxen pulling a wagon.
Dolosse were actually the knucklebones of sheep, cattle and goats, and with a little imagination looked quite similar in shape to oxen with their sharp horns in front and rounded buttocks.
A new species of a giant dinosaur has been found in South Africa’s Free State Province. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Ledumahadi mafube, weighed 12 tonnes and stood about four metres high at the hips. Ledumahadi mafube was the largest land animal alive on Earth when it lived, nearly 200 million years ago. It was roughly double the size of a large African elephant. National Museum’s Dr Jennifer Botha- Brink, is the co- author of the article which was published in Current Biology.
Florisbad Quaternary Research Station’s Dr Daryl Codron is one of the authors on a paper that presents a mathematical solution which predicts predator kill frequency. The research station is one of the satellites of the National Museum.
Carnivores, unlike herbivores, typically remove whole individuals from prey populations, and so can have enormous effects on prey populations and whole ecosystems. Mammalian carnivores can be divided into those that eat small prey items (invertebrates, reptiles, birds, and small mammals) and those that eat larger prey (large rodents, lagomorphs and antelope).
Oliewenhuis celebrated Women’s Month with this special exhibition, which showcased some of South Africa’s most celebrated artists who’s works form part of the Permanent Collection of Oliewenhuis Art Museum.
Here Oliewenhuis Art Museum staff celebrates oneness by wearing their onesies.
One–thousand “Onesies” (an outfit in a cat suit style) that were designed and made by Bloemfontein fashion students and manufacturers were given away during the Free State Arts Festival 2017.