Campbell Collections

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John Clark Collection

Fort Mistake

John Clark Collection

Fort Mistake

 

John Clark Collection

Another house of the thatched rondavel type was erected by Kritzinger in about 1845 in Weenen.

John Clark Collection

Sketch of an early Voortrekker house occupied by President Pretorius at Groot Mieletuin, Weenen.

John Clark Collection

The statue of Piet Retief by sculptor Coert Steynberg. This imaginative and full-length figure stands in the forecourt of the old Voortrekker Museum, Pietermaritzburg.

John Clark Collection

Rev. D. Lindley (1801-80) was An American missionary who arrived in South Africa in 1835 and after mission work elsewhere came to Natal in May 1837. By the year 1840, he was a minister to the Voortrekkers and had settled in Pietermaritzburg in the Pastorie there.

John Clark Collection

Weenen in 1853, a pencil sketch from the field notebook of John Moreland, Byrne settler agent. It is probably the first drawing of this Vootrekker township

John Clark Collection

With the outbreak of the war, a strong vein of Victorian sentiment rose to the surface in the popular press. This picture is entitled 'The last embrace'

John Clark Collection

Jan Schheper's farm, Biggarsberg, A voortrekker farm seen in 1853 ans sketched by John Moreland, Byrne Settler agent

" Ukhezo"

A double sided wooden carved spoon, with burnt incisions on the shaft and edges.

" Zulu Wooden Spoon"

Wooden Carved spoon , with a long handle and a hut shaped tip at the top.Donated by Mr. S. Bourquin to the Campbell Collections.

"Zulu Wooden Spoon"

Wooden carved spoon with a tradition Zulu man on top of the handle. The shaft of the spoon has a zig zag design and it splits in the middle to represent the legs of the man

" Isigqiki"

Wooden carved headrest with incisions on a solid block of wood. It was made in 1906 and belonged to Mr. Gamu Zondi from Umfolozi. It is known as Isigqiki in IsiZulu.

" Imbhenge"

A plaited colored telephone wire plate,known as Imbhenge in isiZulu. It was made by an unknown nine year old Zulu boy from one of the townships in Kwa Zulu- Natal. Donated by Mr. S. Bourquin to the Campbell Collections.

"Ukhezo"

Large wooden spoon in a shape of a spatula, with incisions and beads as decoration. It belonged to Mrs. Bambokwakhe Nzama from Ekhombe near Nkadla in KwaZulu- Natal.

Grey Town

Grey Town

Grey Town

Church sitting arrangement, Grey Town

Grey Town

House Ceiling

Grey Town

House ceiling

" Isigqiki"

Carved Wooden headrest made out of Quinean Tree( Umhlambamanzi). The headrest has three legs, decorated with three triangles each. It was donated by Mr.  S. Bourquin to the Campbell Collections.

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