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            RARI RSA MEL8 4H
            RARI RSA MEL8 4H
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-4H.jpg · Item · 16/12/1997
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 4T
            RARI RSA MEL8 4T
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-4T.jpg · Item · 05/02/1989
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 5
            RARI RSA MEL8 5
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-5.jpg · Item · 01/02/1988
            Part of RARI
            Bows and arrows.

            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.             Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 50
            RARI RSA MEL8 50
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-50.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
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            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 51
            RARI RSA MEL8 51
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-51.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 52
            RARI RSA MEL8 52
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-52.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 53
            RARI RSA MEL8 53
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-53.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 54
            RARI RSA MEL8 54
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-54.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 55
            RARI RSA MEL8 55
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-55.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 56
            RARI RSA MEL8 56
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-56.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Melrose VIII
            RARI RSA MEL8 57
            RARI RSA MEL8 57
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL8-57.jpg · Item · 15/12/1998
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            Melrose VIII