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            2114 Images & Collections results for Bethlehem

            RARI RSA SKA1 28
            RARI RSA SKA1 28
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-28.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
            Part of RARI
            Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 27
            RARI RSA SKA1 27
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-27.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
            Part of RARI
            Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 26
            RARI RSA SKA1 26
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-26.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
            Part of RARI
            Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 25
            RARI RSA SKA1 25
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-25.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
            Part of RARI
            Therianthropes. Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 24
            RARI RSA SKA1 24
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-24.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
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            Therianthropes. Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 23
            RARI RSA SKA1 23
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-23.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
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            Attenuated figures (elongated figures). Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 22
            RARI RSA SKA1 22
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-22.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
            Part of RARI
            Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 21
            RARI RSA SKA1 21
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-21.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
            Part of RARI
            Therianthropes. Attenuated figures (elongated figures). Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 20
            RARI RSA SKA1 20
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-20.jpg · Item · 16/07/1998
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            Eland. Removals.

            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.             Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 2
            RARI RSA SKA1 2
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-2.jpg · Item · 01/01/1988
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            Schaapplaats I 1785
            RARI RSA SKA1 19
            RARI RSA SKA1 19
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-SKA1-19.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
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            Schaapplaats I 1785