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Coat of arms of the Western Cape

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Blue and white are the colours of the Western Cape; the anchor alludes to the old name of 'Cape of Good Hope', the grapes refer to agriculture, and the clay pot to the
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was divided in 1994. It consists of the western and southern districts of the former province.
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clay pot with a conical base and two horizontally pierced lugs, Or, between in chief
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Or, embellished of beadwork indented Gules and Azure heightened of six
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Azure, bearing a riband with the fold-backs in the form of two
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and sinister a bunch of grapes slipped and leaved proper.
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symbol of the Western Cape province of the Republic of
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is one of the three provinces into which the former
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Armiger
Western Cape
Motto
heraldic
South Africa
Western Cape
Cape Province
arms
Frederick Brownell
Bureau of Heraldry
blazon
Argent
pile
Azure
Khoi
dexter
Gules
shield
coronet
circlet
protea
annulets
Supporters
quagga
bontebok
Table Mountain
ostrich
Motto
Khoi

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