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Albert
BT Eastern Cape
Albert
724 Images & Collections results for Albert
ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-WON5-18.jpg
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28/04/2002
Part of National Museum
ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-WON5-17.jpg
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28/04/2002
Part of National Museum
Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience. Wonder Poort V
ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-WON5-16.jpg
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28/04/2002
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The eland was the first animal that the San trickster deity, /Kaggen created and it remained his favourite.
The eland is the largest of southern African antelope and is much desired for its meat and fat. The San say that all other animals are like servants to the eland.
The importance of this animal is shown in the great variety of postures and perspectives. It is depicted running with tail outstretched, with uplifted head smelling the wind, and upside down, presumably dead. The eland is also depicted from the front or from the back, and even from above.
The eland appears in four important San rituals it is the most carefully depicted antelope in both rock paintings and engravings: Trance dance, boy's first kill, girl's puberty and marriage. It is believed that eland fat contains a lot of potency and in a trance dance shamans aspire to possess eland potency. Wonder Poort V