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              RARI RSA FET1 104
              RARI RSA FET1 104
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-104.jpg · Item · 15/04/2002
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              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.               Pearce, David
              RARI RSA FET1 111
              RARI RSA FET1 111
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-111.jpg · Item · 20/07/2000
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              Human figures, therianthropes, head-dresses, karosses, bows, lines and quivers. Fetcaniglen I
              RARI RSA FET1 113
              RARI RSA FET1 113
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-113.jpg · Item · 20/07/2000
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              Jackals.

              The jackal, a pawed creature like the lion, was another animal into which a shaman could transform himself.
              It is generally depicted with its characteristically bush tail.               Fetcaniglen I
              RARI RSA FET1 125
              RARI RSA FET1 125
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-125.jpg · Item · 25/01/2005
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              Human figures, bows and arrows. Mallen, Lara
              RARI RSA FET1 135
              RARI RSA FET1 135
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-135.jpg · Item · 25/01/2005
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              Human figures, head-dresses, arrows. Mallen, Lara
              RARI RSA FET1 137
              RARI RSA FET1 137
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-137.jpg · Item · 25/01/2005
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              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.               Mallen, Lara
              RARI RSA FET1 14D
              RARI RSA FET1 14D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-14D.jpg · Item · 07/12/2010
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              Running figures, rhebuck and bows. Fetcaniglen I
              RARI RSA FET1 15
              RARI RSA FET1 15
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-15.jpg · Item · 19/07/2000
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              Jackals.

              The jackal, a pawed creature like the lion, was another animal into which a shaman could transform himself.
              It is generally depicted with its characteristically bush tail.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RARI RSA FET1 1R
              RARI RSA FET1 1R
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-1R.jpg · Item
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              Flywhisks. Fetcaniglen I
              RARI RSA FET1 20
              RARI RSA FET1 20
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-20.jpg · Item · 17/07/2000
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              Human figures, running figures, fly whisks, quivers, microdots, 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.               Laue, Ghilraen
              RARI RSA FET1 21
              RARI RSA FET1 21
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-21.jpg · Item · 17/07/2000
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              Bows and arrows. Laue, Ghilraen
              RARI RSA FET1 23
              RARI RSA FET1 23
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET1-23.jpg · Item · 17/07/2000
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              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.               Laue, Ghilraen