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            6925 Images & Collections results for Namibia

            RARI LEE NAM TRE2 2
            RARI LEE NAM TRE2 2
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            Part of Lee, Neil
            Bows. Therianthropes.

            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.             Tsisab Ravine II
            RARI LEE NAM TRE2 19
            RARI LEE NAM TRE2 19
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            Part of Lee, Neil
            Snakes.

            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.             Tsisab Ravine II