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              RARI RSA FET4 111D
              RARI RSA FET4 111D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-111D.jpg · Item · 08/12/2010
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              Human figures, arms back posture, bows. Fetcaniglen IV
              RARI RSA FET4 118D
              RARI RSA FET4 118D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-118D.jpg · Item · 08/12/2010
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              Felines, human figures, flying creatures, therianthropes. Fetcaniglen IV
              RARI RSA FET4 12
              RARI RSA FET4 12
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-12.jpg · Item · 20/07/2000
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              Eland.

              The eland was the first animal that the San trickster deity, /Kaggen created and it remained his favourite.
              The eland is the largest of southern African antelope and is much desired for its meat and fat. The San say that all other animals are like servants to the eland.

              The importance of this animal is shown in the great variety of postures and perspectives. It is depicted running with tail outstretched, with uplifted head smelling the wind, and upside down, presumably dead. The eland is also depicted from the front or from the back, and even from above.

              The eland appears in four important San rituals it is the most carefully depicted antelope in both rock paintings and engravings: Trance dance, boy's first kill, girl's puberty and marriage. It is believed that eland fat contains a lot of potency and in a trance dance shamans aspire to possess eland potency.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RARI RSA FET4 14
              RARI RSA FET4 14
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-14.jpg · Item · 20/07/2000
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              Rhebuck.

              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.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RARI RSA FET4 15D
              RARI RSA FET4 15D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-15D.jpg · Item · 21/01/2009
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              Zoomorphic figures, rain animals, running figures, phallus, sticks.

              Rain-making was one of the San shamans’ most important tasks. The southern San thought of the rain as an animal. This animal was an amorphous quadruped that generally resembled a hippopotamus, but it could also look like an ox or an antelope. A male rain-animal, or rain-bull, was associated with the frightening thunderstorm that bellowed, stirred up the dust, and sometimes killed people with its lightning. The female rain animal was associated with soft, soaking rains.               Fetcaniglen IV
              RARI RSA FET4 18D
              RARI RSA FET4 18D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-18D.jpg · Item · 21/01/2009
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              Eland. Fetcaniglen IV
              RARI RSA FET4 1R
              RARI RSA FET4 1R
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              Felines and therianthropes. Fetcaniglen IV
              RARI RSA FET4 23
              RARI RSA FET4 23
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-23.jpg · Item · 20/07/2000
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              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.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RARI RSA FET4 29D
              RARI RSA FET4 29D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-29D.jpg · Item · 21/01/2009
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              Felines, human figures, sticks, bows, quivers.

              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.               Fetcaniglen IV
              RARI RSA FET4 30D
              RARI RSA FET4 30D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-30D.jpg · Item · 21/01/2009
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              Felines. Fetcaniglen IV
              RARI RSA FET4 45
              RARI RSA FET4 45
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-45.jpg · Item · 20/07/2000
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              Human figures, bending forward posture, quivers, bows and arrows. Blundell, Geoffrey
              RARI RSA FET4 46D
              RARI RSA FET4 46D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-FET4-46D.jpg · Item · 08/12/2010
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              Human figures, karosses, sticks, thin red lines, bows. Fetcaniglen IV