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VRL SFD 006
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RARI VRL SFD 006 · Document · 21/10/1940
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VRL RXV 002
VRL RXV 002
RARI VRL RXV 002 · Document · 03/02/1941
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RARI LEE RSA AAS2 47
RARI LEE RSA AAS2 47
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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. Lee, Neil