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            7655 Images & Collections results for Maclear

            RSA LIN3 1
            RSA LIN3 1
            RARI RARI-RSA-LIN3-1.jpg · Item · 01/12/1987
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            Human figure, bending forward posture, flywhisks, antelope Dowson, Thomas
            RSA LIN3 2
            RSA LIN3 2
            RARI RARI-RSA-LIN3-2.jpg · Item · 01/12/1987
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            Eland Dowson, Thomas
            RSA MCO1 1D
            RSA MCO1 1D
            RARI RARI-RSA-MCO1-1D.jpg · Item · 05/09/2003
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO1 2D
            RSA MCO1 2D
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO1 3D
            RSA MCO1 3D
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO1 4D
            RSA MCO1 4D
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO1 5D
            RSA MCO1 5D
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO1 6D
            RSA MCO1 6D
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO1 7D
            RSA MCO1 7D
            RARI RARI-RSA-MCO1-7D.jpg · Item · 05/09/2003
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO1 8D
            RSA MCO1 8D
            RARI RARI-RSA-MCO1-8D.jpg · Item · 05/09/2003
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MCO2 1D
            RSA MCO2 1D
            RARI RARI-RSA-MCO2-1D.jpg · Item · 05/09/2003
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MEL1 1
            RSA MEL1 1
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL1-1.jpg · Item · 09/12/1997
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            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.             Blundell, Geoffrey