Melrose VIII

Elements area

Taxonomy

Places

Code

Scope note(s)

    Source note(s)

      Display note(s)

        Hierarchical terms

        Melrose VIII

        Melrose VIII

          Equivalent terms

          Melrose VIII

            Associated terms

            Melrose VIII

              209 Images & Collections results for Melrose VIII

              209 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
              NASMUS RSA MEL8 26
              NASMUS RSA MEL8 26
              ZA NASMUS NASMUS-NASMUS-RSA-MEL8-26.jpg · Item · 11/11/2000
              Part of National Museum
              Baboons, zoomorphic figures

              Baboons are painted and engraved more frequently than jackals, and they also feature more frequently in Bushman myth and folklore. The /Xam believed that, like the lion, the baboon had similar powers to those of shamans. It was supposed to draw these powers from a small stick of a plant, which it kept in its left cheek. Some depictions of baboons show a whole troop with males, females and babies. There are also therianthropic baboons which express the closeness of baboons to people and, more important, the association between baboons and shamans.               Melrose VIII