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              IZI GWS 01 20D
              IZI GWS 01 20D
              IZI GWS-IZI-GWS-01-20D.jpg · Item · 2007
              Part of Stow, George
              Upside-down eland, karosses and head-dresses. Bloemhoek I 273
              RARI LEE RSA BLO1 3
              RARI LEE RSA BLO1 3
              LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-BLO1-3.jpg · Item
              Part of Lee, Neil
              Eland.

              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.               Lee, Neil
              VRL PTG 010
              VRL PTG 010
              RARI VRL PTG 010 · Document · 1936
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