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            162 Images & Collections results for Kwamkhize

            RSA WHT1 36
            RSA WHT1 36
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-WHT1-36.jpg · Item · 1996
            Part of Natal Museum
            Ward's and Taylor's Research Project.
            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.             White Elephant Shelter I
            RSA MAI1 413
            RSA MAI1 413
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-MAI1-413.jpg · Item · 1992
            Part of Natal Museum
            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.             Main Caves I
            RSA BAB1 5
            RSA BAB1 5
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-BAB1-5.jpg · Item · 04/1993
            Part of Natal Museum
            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.             Wilhelminas Rust I
            RARI RSA WIL1 1R
            RARI RSA WIL1 1R
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WIL1-1R.jpg · Item · 26/05/1987
            Part of RARI
            This figure was published in Images of Power page 173. Arrows and bows.

            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.             Kingdon, Zachary
            RARI RSA WIE2 49
            RARI RSA WIE2 49
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WIE2-49.jpg · Item · 1972
            Part of RARI
            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.             Lewis-Williams, David (Dr.)
            RARI RSA WIE2 40
            RARI RSA WIE2 40
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WIE2-40.jpg · Item · 26/10/1997
            Part of RARI
            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.             Blundell, Geoffrey
            RARI RSA WHT1 6
            RARI RSA WHT1 6
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WHT1-6.jpg · Item · 28/05/1998
            Part of RARI
            Elephants. White Elephant Shelter I
            RARI RSA WHT1 5
            RARI RSA WHT1 5
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WHT1-5.jpg · Item · 28/05/1998
            Part of RARI
            Baboons. White Elephant Shelter I
            RARI RSA WHT1 1P
            RARI RSA WHT1 1P
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WHT1-1P.jpg · Item · 01/04/1987
            Part of RARI
            Elephants. White Elephant Shelter I