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            384 Images & Collections results for Excelsior

            VRL BDI 088
            RARI VRL BDI 088 · Document · 1936
            RARI
            RSA MTN1 9
            RSA MTN1 9
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-9.jpg · Item · 13/04/1998
            Part of RARI
            Smith, Benjamin (Dr.)
            RSA MTN1 8
            RSA MTN1 8
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-8.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
            Part of RARI
            Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MTN1 7
            RSA MTN1 7
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-7.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
            Part of RARI
            Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MTN1 6
            RSA MTN1 6
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-6.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
            Part of RARI
            Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MTN1 5
            RSA MTN1 5
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-5.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
            Part of RARI
            Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MTN1 4
            RSA MTN1 4
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-4.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
            Part of RARI
            Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MTN1 3
            RSA MTN1 3
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-3.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
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            Snakes.

            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.             Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MTN1 20
            RSA MTN1 20
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-20.jpg · Item · 13/04/1998
            Part of RARI
            Smith, Benjamin (Dr.)
            RSA MTN1 2
            RSA MTN1 2
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-2.jpg · Item · 01/09/1993
            Part of RARI
            Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MTN1 19
            RSA MTN1 19
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-19.jpg · Item · 13/04/1998
            Part of RARI
            Smith, Benjamin (Dr.)
            RSA MTN1 18
            RSA MTN1 18
            RARI RARI-RSA-MTN1-18.jpg · Item · 13/04/1998
            Part of RARI
            Smith, Benjamin (Dr.)