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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
              RARI
              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 LAB12 9
              RSA LAB12 9
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB12-9.jpg · Item · 15/09/1999
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              Antelope Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB12 8
              RSA LAB12 8
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB12-8.jpg · Item · 15/09/1999
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              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.               Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB12 7
              RSA LAB12 7
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB12-7.jpg · Item · 15/09/1999
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              Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB12 6
              RSA LAB12 6
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB12-6.jpg · Item · 15/09/1999
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              Human figures, quivers, arrows Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB12 5
              RSA LAB12 5
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB12-5.jpg · Item · 15/09/1999
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              Human figures, weird whites, sticks, phallus, attenuation Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB12 4
              RSA LAB12 4
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB12-4.jpg · Item · 15/09/1999
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              Hampson, Jamie
              RSA LAB12 3
              RSA LAB12 3
              RARI RARI-RSA-LAB12-3.jpg · Item · 15/09/1999
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              Hampson, Jamie