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VRL PTG 035
VRL PTG 035
RARI VRL PTG 035 · Document · 1936
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VRL IDE 009
VRL IDE 009
RARI VRL IDE 009 · Document · 19/11/1936
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VRL IDE 004
VRL IDE 004
RARI VRL IDE 004 · Document · 19/11/1936
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VRL BDI 042
RARI VRL BDI 042 · Document · 1936
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RARI LEE RSA WEG2 8
RARI LEE RSA WEG2 8
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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. Welgevonden II 121