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              IZI 02 281HC
              IZI 02 281HC
              OPN OPN-IZI-02-281HC.jpg · Item · 06/05/1921?
              Part of Orpen
              1002. J.M.Orpen. Therianthropes, sticks, karosses, buchu (aromatic herbs), rain animals, spears, dogs and head-dresses. Melikane I
              IZI 02 285HC
              IZI 02 285HC
              OPN OPN-IZI-02-285HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Orpen
              1002. J.M.Orpen. Therianthropes, sticks, karosses, buchu (aromatic herbs), rain animals, spears, dogs and head-dresses. Melikane I
              NMSA PJV 01 165HC
              NMSA PJV 01 165HC
              PJV PJV-NMSA-PJV-01-165HC.jpg · Item · 04/1959
              Part of Vinnicombe, Patricia
              A464(A). Bows, arrows, head-dreeses and running figures. head-dresses and running figures.

              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.Depiction of arrows, whether they be real or not (arrows of sickness) are quite common in rock art.Arrows of sickness are said to be small, invisible arrows that malevolent shamans shoot into people whom they wish to make ill.
              The arrow points were traditionally made of bone and later of iron. Each point is distinctive; hunters recognise their own and others’ arrows. This is important because an animal belongs to the owner of the fatal arrow, and that person has the responsibility of distributing the meat equitably amongst all the people in the camp.
              The poison for which the San are known is placed behind the point so as not to blunt it. The poison was made from snake venom, certain plants and beetle larvae. There is no known antidote, and the San are extremely careful indeed to avoid it getting into their eyes and skin. Men carry their arrows in quivers.               Melikane I
              NMSA PJV 01 166HC
              NMSA PJV 01 166HC
              PJV PJV-NMSA-PJV-01-166HC.jpg · Item · 04/1959
              Part of Vinnicombe, Patricia
              A463. L1-162. X11-434. Attenuated figures (elongated figures), therianthropes, rain animals and aprons. Melikane I
              RARI LEE LES MLK1 6
              RARI LEE LES MLK1 6
              LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-LES-MLK1-6.jpg · Item
              Part of Lee, Neil
              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.               Melikane I