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            12 Images & Collections results for Jamestown

            NASMUS RSA PAT2 1R
            NASMUS RSA PAT2 1R
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-PAT2-1R.jpg · Item · 07/07/1993
            Part of National Museum
            Cattle and ostriches.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Patriot Klip II
            NASMUS RSA PAT2 2R
            NASMUS RSA PAT2 2R
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-PAT2-2R.jpg · Item · 07/07/1993
            Part of National Museum
            Cattle. Red hartebeest.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Patriot Klip II
            NASMUS RSA WON5 16
            NASMUS RSA WON5 16
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-WON5-16.jpg · Item · 28/04/2002
            Part of National 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.             Wonder Poort V
            NASMUS RSA WON5 17
            NASMUS RSA WON5 17
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-WON5-17.jpg · Item · 28/04/2002
            Part of National Museum
            Bags.

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             Wonder Poort V
            NASMUS RSA WON5 7
            NASMUS RSA WON5 7
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-WON5-7.jpg · Item · 28/04/2002
            Part of National Museum
            Dogs, bags and sticks.

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             Wonder Poort V
            RARI LEE RSA KAP1 9
            RARI LEE RSA KAP1 9
            LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-KAP1-9.jpg · Item
            Part of Lee, Neil
            Eland and finger dots.

            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.             Lee, Neil
            RARI LEE RSA WON5 9
            RARI LEE RSA WON5 9
            LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-WON5-9.jpg · Item
            Part of Lee, Neil
            Bags.

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             Lee, Neil
            RARI RSA PAT2 10
            RARI RSA PAT2 10
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-PAT2-10.jpg · Item · 26/11/1991
            Part of RARI
            Cattle.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Hollmann, Jeremy
            RARI RSA PAT2 7
            RARI RSA PAT2 7
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-PAT2-7.jpg · Item · 26/11/1991
            Part of RARI
            Rhebuck. Hollmann, Jeremy
            RARI RSA PAT2 8
            RARI RSA PAT2 8
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-PAT2-8.jpg · Item · 26/11/1991
            Part of RARI
            Cattle and rhebuck. Ostriches.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Hollmann, Jeremy
            RARI RSA WON1 11
            RARI RSA WON1 11
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WON1-11.jpg · Item · 11/11/1991
            Part of RARI
            Rain animals.

            Rain-making was one of the San shamans’ most important tasks. The southern San thought of the rain as an animal. This animal was an amorphous quadruped that generally resembled a hippopotamus, but it could also look like an ox or an antelope. A male rain-animal, or rain-bull, was associated with the frightening thunderstorm that bellowed, stirred up the dust, and sometimes killed people with its lightning. The female rain animal was associated with soft, soaking rains.             Hollmann, Jeremy
            RARI RSA WON5 18
            RARI RSA WON5 18
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WON5-18.jpg · Item · 16/12/1996
            Part of RARI
            Bags.

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             Mclean, Rory