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            233 Images & Collections results for Cofimvaba

            NASMUS RSA HOF1 41
            NASMUS RSA HOF1 41
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-HOF1-41.jpg · Item · 09/10/2001
            Part of National Museum
            Snakes, tusks, zoomorphic figures.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Hot Fire I
            NASMUS RSA HOF1 6
            NASMUS RSA HOF1 6
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-HOF1-6.jpg · Item · 09/10/2001
            Part of National Museum
            Therianthropes, rhebuck, spears, knobkieries. Hot Fire I
            NASMUS RSA HOF1 9
            NASMUS RSA HOF1 9
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-HOF1-9.jpg · Item · 09/10/2001
            Part of National Museum
            Human figures, zoomorphic figures, thin red lines, antelope, arrows, quivers. Hot Fire I