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            RARI RSA MIE1 34
            RARI RSA MIE1 34
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MIE1-34.jpg · Item · 18/12/1998
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            Strange shapes Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 35
            RARI RSA MIE1 35
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 36
            RARI RSA MIE1 36
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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.             Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 37
            RARI RSA MIE1 37
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 38
            RARI RSA MIE1 38
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 39
            RARI RSA MIE1 39
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 3H
            RARI RSA MIE1 3H
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MIE1-3H.jpg · Item · 18/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RARI RSA MIE1 3T
            RARI RSA MIE1 3T
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MIE1-3T.jpg · Item · 17/08/1998
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 4
            RARI RSA MIE1 4
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 40
            RARI RSA MIE1 40
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 41
            RARI RSA MIE1 41
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            Minnehaha I 154
            RARI RSA MIE1 42
            RARI RSA MIE1 42
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MIE1-42.jpg · Item · 18/12/1998
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            Rhebuck.

            Rhebuck is one of the antelope that are most frequently depicted, after the eland. The rhebuck is comparable to the eland because it is often painted in shaded polychrome. Both eland and rhebuck are depicted in two colours, mainly red and white, even though they are more grey than red. Depictions of men with rhebuck heads are shamans. It is known that shamans with rhebuck heads controlled eland and harnessed their power to enter trance and to perform their various tasks, including rain-making.             Minnehaha I 154