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              RARI RSA GLL2 8
              RARI RSA GLL2 8
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-8.jpg · Item · 17/12/2005
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              Human figures, weird whites, phallus, quivers, bows, arrows. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 7
              RARI RSA GLL2 7
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-7.jpg · Item · 17/12/2005
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              Human figures, squatting figures, arrows. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 62D
              RARI RSA GLL2 62D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-62D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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              Eland, human figures. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 51D
              RARI RSA GLL2 51D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-51D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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              Human figures, running figures, head-dresses, 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.               Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 42D
              RARI RSA GLL2 42D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-42D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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              Eland. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 34D
              RARI RSA GLL2 34D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-34D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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              Human figures, eland. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 33D
              RARI RSA GLL2 33D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-33D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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              Human figures, eland, upside down figures. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 27D
              RARI RSA GLL2 27D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-27D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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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.               Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 24
              RARI RSA GLL2 24
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-24.jpg · Item · 17/12/2005
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              Human figures, attenuation, bending forward posture, quivers. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 21D
              RARI RSA GLL2 21D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-21D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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              Eland. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 19D
              RARI RSA GLL2 19D
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-19D.jpg · Item · 09/12/2010
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              Eland. Glengyle II 39
              RARI RSA GLL2 14
              RARI RSA GLL2 14
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GLL2-14.jpg · Item · 17/12/2005
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              Human figures, running figures, karosses, quivers, bows, 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.               Glengyle II 39