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            7655 Images & Collections results for Maclear

            RSA MEL7 32
            RSA MEL7 32
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-32.jpg · Item · 01/07/2000
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            Pearce, David
            RSA MEL7 33
            RSA MEL7 33
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-33.jpg · Item
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            Human figures, sticks, eland, hunting

            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.             Unknown
            RSA MEL7 34
            RSA MEL7 34
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-34.jpg · Item
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            Unknown
            RSA MEL7 35
            RSA MEL7 35
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-35.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 36
            RSA MEL7 36
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-36.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 37
            RSA MEL7 37
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-37.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 38
            RSA MEL7 38
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-38.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
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            Antelope Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 39
            RSA MEL7 39
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-39.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 4
            RSA MEL7 4
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-4.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 40
            RSA MEL7 40
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-40.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
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            Weird whites, pointing figures, overpainting, clapping figures, 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.             Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 41
            RSA MEL7 41
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-41.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
            Part of RARI
            Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA MEL7 42
            RSA MEL7 42
            RARI RARI-RSA-MEL7-42.jpg · Item · 19/12/1998
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            Blundell, Geoffrey