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            475 Images & Collections results for Estcourt

            SMT RSA GIC6 53
            SMT RSA GIC6 53
            SMT SMT-SMT-RSA-GIC6-53.jpg · Item · 04/11/1981
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            David Lewis-Williams. Giants Castle Game Reserve VI
            SMT RSA GIC2 2
            SMT RSA GIC2 2
            SMT SMT-SMT-RSA-GIC2-2.jpg · Item
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            Upside-down antelopes. Giants Castle Game Reserve II
            SMT RSA BAM1 13
            SMT RSA BAM1 13
            SMT SMT-SMT-RSA-BAM1-13.jpg · Item
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            Bees.

            In rock art, one sees depictions of nested U-shapes with bees. Bushman shamans interpreted this particular shape as a honeycomb because bees are a Bushman symbol of potency. In the Kalahari, Bushmen dance when bees are swarming because they believe that they can harness their potency for a particularly effective dance.             Bamboo Hollow I
            RSA WHT1 36
            RSA WHT1 36
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-WHT1-36.jpg · Item · 1996
            Part of Natal Museum
            Ward's and Taylor's Research Project.
            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.             White Elephant Shelter I
            RSA MCS1 34
            RSA MCS1 34
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-MCS1-34.jpg · Item · 10/1979
            Part of Natal Museum
            Nets. Monk's Cowl State Forest I
            RSA MCS1 18
            RSA MCS1 18
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-MCS1-18.jpg · Item · 10/1979
            Part of Natal Museum
            Aardvarks (Earth pigs). Monk's Cowl State Forest I
            RSA MCS1 1
            RSA MCS1 1
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-MCS1-1.jpg · Item · 10/1979
            Part of Natal Museum
            Trance dance. Clapping female figures. Monk's Cowl State Forest I
            RSA MAI1 413
            RSA MAI1 413
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-MAI1-413.jpg · Item · 1992
            Part of Natal Museum
            Cattle.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Main Caves I