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            7655 Images & Collections results for Maclear

            RSA ZAM1 9P
            RSA ZAM1 9P
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-9P.jpg · Item · 22/09/2000
            Part of RARI
            Pearce, David
            RSA ZAM1 9
            RSA ZAM1 9
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-9.jpg · Item · 12/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA ZAM1 8P
            RSA ZAM1 8P
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-8P.jpg · Item · 22/09/2000
            Part of RARI
            Pearce, David
            RSA ZAM1 8
            RSA ZAM1 8
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-8.jpg · Item · 12/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA ZAM1 7P
            RSA ZAM1 7P
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-7P.jpg · Item · 22/09/2000
            Part of RARI
            Pearce, David
            RSA ZAM1 7
            RSA ZAM1 7
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-7.jpg · Item · 12/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA ZAM1 6P
            RSA ZAM1 6P
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-6P.jpg · Item · 22/09/2000
            Part of RARI
            Removals Pearce, David
            RSA ZAM1 6
            RSA ZAM1 6
            RARI RARI-RSA-ZAM1-6.jpg · Item · 11/12/1997
            Part of RARI
            Snakes, zoomorphic figures, therianthropes, microdots

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Blundell, Geoffrey