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            7655 Images & Collections results for Maclear

            RSA POE1 7
            RSA POE1 7
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-7.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Portervale I
            RSA POE1 6
            RSA POE1 6
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-6.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Portervale I
            RSA POE1 5
            RSA POE1 5
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-5.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Eland Portervale I
            RSA POE1 4
            RSA POE1 4
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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.             Portervale I
            RSA POE1 3
            RSA POE1 3
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-3.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
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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.             Portervale I
            RSA POE1 2
            RSA POE1 2
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-2.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Portervale I
            RSA POE1 12
            RSA POE1 12
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-12.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
            Part of RARI
            Portervale I
            RSA POE1 11
            RSA POE1 11
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-11.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
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            Portervale I
            RSA POE1 10
            RSA POE1 10
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-10.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
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            Antelope Portervale I
            RSA POE1 1
            RSA POE1 1
            RARI RARI-RSA-POE1-1.jpg · Item · 11/07/2000
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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.             Portervale I
            RSA PIT1 9
            RSA PIT1 9
            RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-9.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
            Part of RARI
            Rhebuck Blundell, Geoffrey
            RSA PIT1 8
            RSA PIT1 8
            RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-8.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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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.             Blundell, Geoffrey