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Morija Museum & Archives  |  Published on April 14th, 2012
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Necklace B

Beaded Necklace

This colourful necklace is made of glass beads. Glass beads gradually replaced ostrich egg shell, clay and seeds. They were first introduced to the region …

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Necklace A

Necklace A

This beautiful black and white necklace is made out of quailed horns and glass beads. These types of necklaces were usually worn by women to …

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Lefisoana Clay Pot

Lefisoana Clay Pot

Lefisoana is a small clay pot used by women and girls for fetching water from the well. Pottery was usually done by women.

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Thethana Skirt

Thethana Skirt

Thethana is a skirt for girls and women made of fibre with beads for decoration.

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Sefatla Leather Shoe

Sefatla Leather Shoe

Sefatla is a shoe made of leather, with laces, and traditionally worn by men. To make this type of shoe, a cowhide was scraped, dried, …

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Morula Milk Pale

Morula Milk Pail

Morula is a wooden milk pail carved out of wood, originally from the wild plum tree (morua). Morula trees do not grow in the Free …

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Moropa Drum

Moropa drum

Moropa is a drum that played during initiation rites. Music and dance are integral to many ceremonies and rituals.

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Basotho Hat

Basotho Hat

The conical “Basotho Hat” has changed over the centuries. It began with a slendor “spike” at the top, and then during the Second World War, …

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Khau

Khau, a medal of honour

Khau is a medal of honour which was awarded to the bravest soldiers of Moshoeshoe the Great. It was also used by Moshoeshoe’s emissaries when …

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Ethnographic-0018

A snuff box

A snuff box (kooma) made from a horn. Snuff is used both by men and women, and is sometimes connected with trance experiences and messages …

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Ethnographic-0012

A seated woman carrying a pot

A clay statuette by Samuel Makoanyane of a woman seated with a clay pot. Makoanyane became famous during the 1930s and early 1940s for his …

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A woman carrying clay pot

A woman carrying a pot

A clay statuette of a woman carrying a clay pot by Samuel Makoanyane.

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