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RSA CWD5 1
RSA CWD5 1
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-1.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 10
RSA CWD5 10
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-10.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 11
RSA CWD5 11
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-11.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995.
Karosses. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 12
RSA CWD5 12
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-12.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 13
RSA CWD5 13
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-13.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 14
RSA CWD5 14
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-14.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995.
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. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 15
RSA CWD5 15
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-15.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 16
RSA CWD5 16
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-16.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 17
RSA CWD5 17
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-17.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 18
RSA CWD5 18
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-18.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 19
RSA CWD5 19
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-19.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019
RSA CWD5 2
RSA CWD5 2
NMSA NMSA-RSA-CWD5-2.jpg · Item · 20/05/1995
Part of Natal Museum
NPB Cadet Conservation Project 1995. Cow Den V 10019