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              RARI ARW RSA ELP1 5H
              RARI ARW RSA ELP1 5H
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              Part of Willcox, Alex.R
              Baboons

              Baboons are painted and engraved more frequently than jackals, and they also feature more frequently in Bushman myth and folklore. The /Xam believed that, like the lion, the baboon had similar powers to those of shamans. It was supposed to draw these powers from a small stick of a plant, which it kept in its left cheek. Some depictions of baboons show a whole troop with males, females and babies. There are also therianthropic baboons which express the closeness of baboons to people and, more important, the association between baboons and shamans.               Elephant Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 39HC
              RARI HPC 01 39HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              This is the largest panel of paintings in RSA ELP1. At the bottom left is a group of seven bovids painted in white, black and pink. Bovids rarely feature in the art of area. The panel also contains one unshaded polychrome eland, three other animals, two human figures and paint remains. There is a group of crudely executed black figures at the top right, which by stylistic comparison belonged to the '' finger style'.
              P28 pager F143.               RARI
              RARI HPC 01 40HC
              RARI HPC 01 40HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              At the top are three men painted in maroon, black and yellow. They are wearing wide, decorated belts, arm and leg rings and penis adornments and one of them is carrying equipment. The other human figures are monochrome and bichrome. Two black bucks are painted on a small panel on the bottom right.
              P29 pager F144.               RARI
              RARI HPC 01 41HC
              RARI HPC 01 41HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              A pair of legs is all that remains of a human figure.
              P30 pager F145.               RARI
              RARI HPC 01 42HC
              RARI HPC 01 42HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              A black bovid painted on a loose piece of rock. It was found lying on the ground in the shelter but it did not seem to fit into any part of the wall. It is now housed at the office of the Cathedral Peak Forest Station.
              P31 pager F146.               RARI
              RARI HPC 01 43HC
              RARI HPC 01 43HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              A bichrome eland in yellow and white was found on a large block of sandstone on the floor of the shelter.
              P32 pager F147.               RARI
              RARI HPC 01 44HC
              RARI HPC 01 44HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              A well preserved painting of an eland.The style is rigid but the artist has given careful attention to the identifying features of the animal, using orange and white for the body and black for the horns, backstripe, tailtuft and hooves.
              P33 pager F150.               RARI
              RARI HPC 01 45HC
              RARI HPC 01 45HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              Two running men painted in black. The second man is superimposed on another black human figure.
              P34 pager F151.               RARI
              RARI HPC 01 46HC
              RARI HPC 01 46HC
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              Part of Pager, Harald
              The two animals might be bovids. There are also men running towards each other. Four short lines could depict flying arrows.
              P36 pager F155.               RARI
              UKH RSA ELP1 2D
              UKH RSA ELP1 2D
              UKH-UKH-RSA-ELP1-2D.jpg · Item · 27/02/2010
              Part of Ukhahlamba Rock Art Mapping Project
              Elephants.

              Elephants are fairly frequently painted and engraved in certain regions.The paintings may be in red, black or white. Sometimes elephants are shown being hunted by a large party of men.
              There are also therianthropes with elephant heads and trunks: it is thus possible that they were part of a shaman’s vision. According to the! Kung elephants have remarkable potency. Some of the most interesting paintings of elephants are in the Western Cape, and they are shown surrounded by zigzags and crenellated lines.               Hochkofler, Michael