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            NASMUS RSA ZAM1 4
            NASMUS RSA ZAM1 4
            ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-ZAM1-4.jpg · Item · 19/10/2001
            Part of National Museum
            Zoomorphic figures, rain animals, human figures

            Rain-making was one of the San shamans’ most important tasks. The southern San thought of the rain as an animal. This animal was an amorphous quadruped that generally resembled a hippopotamus, but it could also look like an ox or an antelope. A male rain-animal, or rain-bull, was associated with the frightening thunderstorm that bellowed, stirred up the dust, and sometimes killed people with its lightning. The female rain animal was associated with soft, soaking rains.             Highlands I 83