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              RARI RSA BTH1 3R
              RARI RSA BTH1 3R
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-BTH1-3R.jpg · Item
              Part of RARI
              Eland as seen from the rear. Published in 'Discovering Southern African Rock Art' page 19. Unknown
              RARI RSA BTH1 2R
              RARI RSA BTH1 2R
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-BTH1-2R.jpg · Item · 01/02/205
              Part of RARI
              Attenuated figures (elongated figures). RARI
              RARI RSA BTH1 1R
              RARI RSA BTH1 1R
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-BTH1-1R.jpg · Item
              Part of RARI
              Redrawn from Pagar.Attenuated figures (elongated figures), bows and eland.
              Therianthropes.               RARI
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 8
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 8
              LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-BTH1-8.jpg · Item · 01/01/1979
              Part of Lee, Neil
              Quivers.

              Quivers are usually made of bark and are used to store arrows. The quiver, bow and other pieces of equipment were carried on a hunting bag, which is wider at one end than the other and which has a thong running its length so that it can be slung over a shoulder.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 28
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 28
              LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-BTH1-28.jpg · Item · 01/01/1979
              Part of Lee, Neil
              Rhebuck (reedbuck).

              Rhebuck is one of the antelope that are most frequently depicted, after the eland. The rhebuck is comparable to the eland because it is often painted in shaded polychrome. Both eland and rhebuck are depicted in two colours, mainly red and white, even though they are more grey than red. Depictions of men with rhebuck heads are shamans. It is known that shamans with rhebuck heads controlled eland and harnessed their power to enter trance and to perform their various tasks, including rain-making.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 21
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 21
              LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-BTH1-21.jpg · Item · 01/01/1979
              Part of Lee, Neil
              Felines.

              Depictions of felines in rock art are common.
              Lions in general were believed to have some of the shaman’s accomplishments: they knew things that ordinary people could not possibly know, they could become invisible, and they could cause things to happen by supernatural means. They could also transform themselves into hartebeest and then, when the hunters appeared, revert to their feline form.

              Not surprisingly, Bushmen believe shamans can turn themselves into lions. It was also believed that shamans obtained lion-power by eating a lion’s gall, which is believed to be the seat of its potency. When malevolent shamans roam in feline form, the shamans in the camp enter trance and chase them off.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 11
              RARI LEE RSA BTH1 11
              LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-BTH1-11.jpg · Item · 01/01/1979
              Part of Lee, Neil
              Quivers.

              Quivers are usually made of bark and are used to store arrows. The quiver, bow and other pieces of equipment were carried on a hunting bag, which is wider at one end than the other and which has a thong running its length so that it can be slung over a shoulder.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 67HC
              RARI HPC 01 67HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-67HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              This part of the frieze at RSA BTH1 and has been somewhat spoilt by the flow of water but there are many interesting figures left, including one which appears to be carrying a hoe with another similar artefact stuck into the armband of the other arm. Pager described these as 'bulbous objects', but hoes were objects of trade during the early Iron Age and, like pangas, were used for hamstringing elephants. The Bushmen were renowned as elephant hunters and the ivory was used for barter.

              Several of the eland at the top of this panel are unfinished. It would seem that the white of the necks and legs was not completed.

              The humanoid figure with the wing is an unusual example of the ales or 'flying creatures'. The main shaded polychrome eland at the bottom is an outstanding example of the Bushman art. Attenuated figures (elongated figures)
              P44 pager F197 - 198.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 66HC
              RARI HPC 01 66HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-66HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              This part of the frieze at RSA BTH1 and has been somewhat spoilt by the flow of water but there are many interesting figures left, including one which appears to be carrying a hoe with another similar artefact stuck into the armband of the other arm. Pager described these as 'bulbous objects', but hoes were objects of trade during the early Iron Age and, like pangas, were used for hamstringing elephants. The Bushmen were renowned as elephant hunters and the ivory was used for barter.

              Several of the eland at the top of this panel are unfinished. It would seem that the white of the necks and legs was not completed.

              The humanoid figure with the wing is an unusual example of the ales or 'flying creatures'. The main shaded polychrome eland at the bottom is an outstanding example of the Bushman art.
              P44 pager F196 - 197.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 64HC
              RARI HPC 01 64HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-64HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              One of the two main panels at RSA BTH1.

              Apart from the beautiful polychrome eland, in almost every conceivable attitude, including frontal and back views, this panel includes a number of particularly interesting individual items.
              For example:
              1. Low down at the left hand side, a series of concentric semi-circles that represents honeycombs. Honeycombs take up this form when not confined to a hive or hole in a rock. The honey was particularly significant to the Bushmen, both as a source of sweetness and the basis for an alcoholic drink.

              2. Several 'flying creatures' or alites as Harald Pager named them. There is a very unusual example near the top of the panel. These may represent the spirits of dead Bushmen/eland/medicine-men who have achieved a state of trance and whose spirits have temporarily left their bodies.

              3. Two large 'bristle bulls' as named by Harald Pager, facing each other, head to head, low down to right centre of the panel. Harald Pager considered these to be mythological creatures but it is also possible to interpret them as two old bull eland confronting each other.

              4. A baboon-like creature of mythological significance, low down in the centre of the panel. Such a creature is dealt with in the folklore of the Bushmen as recorded by Dr. W.H.I. Bleek.

              A detailed analysis of every item in the paintings is contained in Harald Pager's book 'Ndedema'.

              Many of the concepts of the Bushmen are also dealt with in the book 'Rock Art of Southern Africa' by H.C. Woodhouse, the compiler of this catalogue. Attenuated figures (elongated figures).
              P43 pager F189.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 63HC
              RARI HPC 01 63HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-63HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              One of the two main panels at RSA BTH1.

              Apart from the beautiful polychrome eland, in almost every conceivable attitude, including frontal and back views, this panel includes a number of particularly interesting individual items.
              For example:
              1. Low down at the left hand side, a series of concentric semi-circles that represents honeycombs. Honeycombs take up this form when not confined to a hive or hole in a rock. The honey was particularly significant to the Bushmen, both as a source of sweetness and the basis for an alcoholic drink.

              2. Several 'flying creatures' or alites as Harald Pager named them. There is a very unusual example near the top of the panel. These may represent the spirits of dead Bushmen/eland/medicine-men who have achieved a state of trance and whose spirits have temporarily left their bodies.

              3. Two large 'bristle bulls' as named by Harald Pager, facing each other, head to head, low down to right centre of the panel. Harald Pager considered these to be mythological creatures but it is also possible to interpret them as two old bull eland confronting each other.

              4. A baboon-like creature of mythological significance, low down in the centre of the panel. Such a creature is dealt with in the folklore of the Bushmen as recorded by Dr. W.H.I. Bleek.

              A detailed analysis of every item in the paintings is contained in Harald Pager's book 'Ndedema'.

              Many of the concepts of the Bushmen are also dealt with in the book 'Rock Art of Southern Africa' by H.C. Woodhouse, the compiler of this catalogue.
              P43 pager F188 - 189.               Botha’s Shelter I