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              VRL VAS 074
              VRL VAS 074
              RARI VRL VAS 074 · Document · 1959
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              VRL VAS 071
              VRL VAS 071
              RARI VRL VAS 071 · Document
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              VRL MCL 001
              VRL MCL 001
              RARI VRL MCL 001 · Document · 19/09/1939
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              VRL BDI 046
              RARI VRL BDI 046 · Document · 1936
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              VRL BDI 019
              RARI VRL BDI 019 · Document · 1936
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              RSA LAB6 9P
              RSA LAB6 9P
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB6-9P.jpg · Item
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              RSA LAB6 9
              RSA LAB6 9
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB6-9.jpg · Item · 16/09/1999
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              Human figures, quivers, bows, phallus, flywhisks, arrows, karosses Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB6 8P
              RSA LAB6 8P
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB6-8P.jpg · Item
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              RSA LAB6 8
              RSA LAB6 8
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB6-8.jpg · Item · 16/09/1999
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              Human figures, bows, arrows, karosses, head-dresses, bleeding from the nose, infibulated figures Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB6 7P
              RSA LAB6 7P
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB6-7P.jpg · Item
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              RSA LAB6 7
              RSA LAB6 7
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB6-7.jpg · Item · 16/09/1999
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              Eland, upside down figures

              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.               Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB6 6P
              RSA LAB6 6P
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