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              RARI RSA MEL9 90
              RARI RSA MEL9 90
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-90.jpg · Item · 14/12/1998
              Part of RARI
              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.               Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 88
              RARI RSA MEL9 88
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-88.jpg · Item · 14/12/1998
              Part of RARI
              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.               Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 86
              RARI RSA MEL9 86
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-86.jpg · Item · 14/12/1998
              Part of RARI
              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.               Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 83
              RARI RSA MEL9 83
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-83.jpg · Item · 14/12/1998
              Part of RARI
              Eland Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 81
              RARI RSA MEL9 81
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-81.jpg · Item · 14/12/1998
              Part of RARI
              Eland, human figures, bows, quivers, phallus (penis) Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 79
              RARI RSA MEL9 79
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-79.jpg · Item · 14/12/1998
              Part of RARI
              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.               Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 66
              RARI RSA MEL9 66
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-66.jpg · Item · 02/07/2000
              Part of RARI
              Felines, Type 2B, human figures Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 6
              RARI RSA MEL9 6
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-6.jpg · Item · 16/12/1997
              Part of RARI
              SDFs, human figures, head-dresses, quivers Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 56
              RARI RSA MEL9 56
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-56.jpg · Item · 02/07/2000
              Part of RARI
              Running figures, bows, quivers, phallus (penis) Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 28
              RARI RSA MEL9 28
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-28.jpg · Item · 16/12/1997
              Part of RARI
              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.               Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 18
              RARI RSA MEL9 18
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-18.jpg · Item · 20/08/1998
              Part of RARI
              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.               Melrose IX
              RARI RSA MEL9 15
              RARI RSA MEL9 15
              RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-MEL9-15.jpg · Item · 20/08/1998
              Part of RARI
              Eland, human figures, running figures, infibulated figures

              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.               Melrose IX