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            7655 Images & Collections results for Maclear

            RARI RSA WID1 32
            RARI RSA WID1 32
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-32.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 31
            RARI RSA WID1 31
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-31.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 30
            RARI RSA WID1 30
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-30.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 3
            RARI RSA WID1 3
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-3.jpg · Item · 01/02/1989
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 2T
            RARI RSA WID1 2T
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-2T.jpg · Item · 17/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 2R
            RARI RSA WID1 2R
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-2R.jpg · Item · 20/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Red line with white dots. Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 2P
            RARI RSA WID1 2P
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-2P.jpg · Item · 1989
            Part of RARI
            Dowson, Thomas
            RARI RSA WID1 29
            RARI RSA WID1 29
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-29.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 28
            RARI RSA WID1 28
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-28.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            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.             Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 27
            RARI RSA WID1 27
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-27.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 26
            RARI RSA WID1 26
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-26.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I
            RARI RSA WID1 25
            RARI RSA WID1 25
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-WID1-25.jpg · Item · 11/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Wide Valley I