Bakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum. © www.polokwane.info

This museum depicts the traditional and modern-day lifestyle of the Bakone people. The museum is centred on a traditional village still occupied by members of the tribe, who sell various crafts. Within the museum complex are archaeological sites with remains of iron and copper smelting installations, as well as rock paintings from around 1000 B.C.

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