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            475 Images & Collections results for Estcourt

            BBR 01 15
            BBR 01 15
            BBR BBR-BBR-01-15.jpg · Item
            Part of Barnes, Bill
            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.             Tabamyama I
            BBR 01 92
            BBR 01 92
            BBR BBR-BBR-01-92.jpg · Item
            Part of Barnes, Bill
            Head-dress, flywhisks

            Depictions of flywhisks in rock art are quite common. They are important accessories for the trance dance in which they are used to keep arrows of sickness at bay.Paintings of them are a good indication of trance.             Bamboo Waterfall I
            IZI 05 3PR
            IZI 05 3PR
            ZA IZI IZI-IZI-03-3PR.jpg · Item
            Part of Iziko Museum
            WHx/K1. Iziko Museums of Cape Town
            IZI 05 4PR
            IZI 05 4PR
            ZA IZI IZI-IZI-03-4PR.jpg · Item
            Part of Iziko Museum
            WHx/TV11. WHx/TV1a. Iziko Museums of Cape Town
            JDC RSA BAR1 13
            JDC RSA BAR1 13
            JDC JDC-JDC-RSA-BAR1-13.jpg · Item · 06/1998
            Part of Deacon, Janette
            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.             Barnes Shelter I
            JDC RSA BAR1 7
            JDC RSA BAR1 7
            JDC JDC-JDC-RSA-BAR1-7.jpg · Item · 06/1998
            Part of Deacon, Janette
            Bags and karosses.

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             Barnes Shelter I
            JDC RSA DIG1 1
            JDC RSA DIG1 1
            JDC JDC-JDC-RSA-DIG1-1.jpg · Item · 04/1995
            Part of Deacon, Janette
            Birds.

            Birds are commonly depicted in rock art. Some of the depictions of birds are shown swooping down on animals or standing next to dead antelope. In San mythology, flight is a wide spread metaphor for trance experience due to the sensations of rising up and floating that are part of some altered states of consciousness produced by the universal human nervous system.             Dingaan I 8473
            JDC RSA WIL1 1
            JDC RSA WIL1 1
            JDC JDC-JDC-RSA-WIL1-1.jpg · Item · 06/1998
            Part of Deacon, Janette
            Bows and Arrows.

            Different kinds of bows are depicted in San art. From curved, comparatively straight and triple curved there are a variety of bows found in rock art.Depiction of arrows, whether they be real or not (arrows of sickness) are quite common in rock art.
            Arrows of sickness are said to be small, invisible arrows that malevolent shamans shoot into people whom they wish to make ill.
            The arrow points were traditionally made of bone and later of iron. Each point is distinctive; hunters recognise their own and others’ arrows. This is important because an animal belongs to the owner of the fatal arrow, and that person has the responsibility of distributing the meat equitably amongst all the people in the camp.
            The poison for which the San are known is placed behind the point so as not to blunt it. The poison was made from snake venom, certain plants and beetle larvae. There is no known antidote, and the San are extremely careful indeed to avoid it getting into their eyes and skin. Men carry their arrows in quivers.             Willcox Shelter I
            JHH 01 366H
            JHH 01 366H
            JHH JHH-JHH-01-366H.jpg · Item · 10/1996
            Part of Hone, John
            Bows and arrows.

            Different kinds of bows are depicted in San art. From curved, comparatively straight and triple curved there are a variety of bows found in rock art.Depiction of arrows, whether they be real or not (arrows of sickness) are quite common in rock art.
            Arrows of sickness are said to be small, invisible arrows that malevolent shamans shoot into people whom they wish to make ill.
            The arrow points were traditionally made of bone and later of iron. Each point is distinctive; hunters recognise their own and others’ arrows. This is important because an animal belongs to the owner of the fatal arrow, and that person has the responsibility of distributing the meat equitably amongst all the people in the camp.The poison for which the San are known is placed behind the point so as not to blunt it. The poison was made from snake venom, certain plants and beetle larvae. There is no known antidote, and the San are extremely careful indeed to avoid it getting into their eyes and skin. Men carry their arrows in 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.             Battle Cave I
            JHH 01 454H
            JHH 01 454H
            JHH JHH-JHH-01-454H.jpg · Item
            Part of Hone, John
            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.             Hone, John
            JHH 01 476H
            JHH 01 476H
            JHH JHH-JHH-01-476H.jpg · Item
            Part of Hone, John
            Bags and karosses.

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             Barnes Shelter I