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            7655 Images & Collections results for Maclear

            RSA GRV1 29
            RSA GRV1 29
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-29.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 28
            RSA GRV1 28
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-28.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 27
            RSA GRV1 27
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-27.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 26
            RSA GRV1 26
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-26.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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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.             Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 25
            RSA GRV1 25
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-25.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 24
            RSA GRV1 24
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-24.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 23
            RSA GRV1 23
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-23.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 22
            RSA GRV1 22
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-22.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 21
            RSA GRV1 21
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-21.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 20
            RSA GRV1 20
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-20.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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            Human figures, baboons, bows, phallus

            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.             Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 2
            RSA GRV1 2
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-2.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA GRV1 19
            RSA GRV1 19
            RARI RARI-RSA-GRV1-19.jpg · Item · 09/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey