Janus: South Africa, circa 1925

RCS/Y305E contains:
<-- See earlier
197	Tube mills - grinding the crushed quartz into fine particles
198	An underground scene
199	Bars of gold - average value £3,500 each
200	Native dance in the compound of the City Deep Gold Mine, Johannesburg - the musicians
201	Some of the dancers
202	Cango caves, The Grotto, Oudtshoorn, Cape
203	Cango Caves, The Curtain, Oudtshoorn, Cape
204	Cango caves, The Bridal Chamber, Oudtshoorn, Cape
205	Cango caves, The Throne Room, Oudtshoorn, Cape
206	Cango caves, Stalactites, Oudtshoorn, Cape
207	One of the Cape wild flowers, Chincherinchee

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South Africa, circa 1925

Title	Cango Caves, The Curtain, Oudtshoorn, Cape
Reference	Y305E/203
Covering Dates	circa 1925
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

228 x 278 mm. Showing the Curtain, a formation consisting of great folds of stalactite formations in one of the chambers of the Cango Caves. The Cango Caves are situated about nineteen miles west of Oudtshoorn near the foot of the Zwartberg Pass. This spectacular cave system was discovered in 1780 by a Dutch farmer named van Zijl and contains some Bushmen paintings near the entrance.

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Africa

Cango Caves

South Africa

Western Cape, Province of the

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