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            IZI HT 01 49HC
            IZI HT 01 49HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLIX. Elephants. Baviaanskrantz III 1185
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            IZI HT 01 50HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLIX. Eland and ostriches. Baviaanskrantz III 1185
            IZI HT 01 52HC
            IZI HT 01 52HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLVI. Hartebeest. Baviaanskrantz III 1185
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            IZI HT 01 53HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLVI. Hartebeest. Baviaanskrantz III 1185
            IZI HT 01 54HC
            IZI HT 01 54HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLVI. Ostriches. Baviaanskrantz III 1185
            IZI HT 01 55HC
            IZI HT 01 55HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLVII. Wildebeest. Baviaanskrantz III 1185
            IZI HT 01 56HC
            IZI HT 01 56HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLVI. Rhinos.

            Rhinos and hippos are more common as engravings than paintings. Both the black and white rhinos are represented.
            Some are so carefully engraved so that the characteristic folds of their skin are depicted.             Baviaanskrantz III 1185
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            IZI HT 01 67HC
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            Part of Tongue, Helen
            XLVII. Elephants. Baviaanskrantz III 1185
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            IZI RSA RDF1 3
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            Part of Iziko Museum
            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.             Rondefontein I 511