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            RARI RSA ANG1 13
            RARI RSA ANG1 13
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-13.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Snakes. Therianthropes. Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 14
            RARI RSA ANG1 14
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-14.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Snakes. Therianthropes.

            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.             Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 15
            RARI RSA ANG1 15
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-15.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 16
            RARI RSA ANG1 16
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-16.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Therianthropes, pointing figures, bending forward postures, karosses, thin red lines Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 17
            RARI RSA ANG1 17
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-17.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Antelope Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 18
            RARI RSA ANG1 18
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-18.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 19
            RARI RSA ANG1 19
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-19.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Therianthropes, human figures, snakes, bags, karosses

            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.             Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 1D
            RARI RSA ANG1 1D
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-1D.jpg · Item · 22/11/2008
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            Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 1T
            RARI RSA ANG1 1T
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-1T.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 2
            RARI RSA ANG1 2
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-2.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Angora I 117
            RARI RSA ANG1 20
            RARI RSA ANG1 20
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-ANG1-20.jpg · Item · 04/09/2003
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            Human figures, bags

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             Angora I 117