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            50 Images & Collections results for Paul Roux

            VRL PTG 029
            VRL PTG 029
            RARI VRL PTG 029 · Document · 1936
            RARI
            VRL FKB 012
            VRL FKB 012
            RARI VRL FKB 012 · Document · 28/09/1940
            RARI
            VRL ENG 029
            VRL ENG 029
            RARI VRL ENG 029 · Document · 1936
            RARI
            VRL ENG 017
            VRL ENG 017
            RARI VRL ENG 017 · Document · 1936
            RARI
            VRL BSF 001
            VRL BSF 001
            RARI VRL BSF 001 · Document · 22/06/1937
            RARI
            VRL BDI 088
            RARI VRL BDI 088 · Document · 1936
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            VRL BDI 016
            RARI VRL BDI 016 · Document · 1936
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            RARI LEE RSA VEG1 8
            RARI LEE RSA VEG1 8
            LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-VEG1-8.jpg · Item · 01/01/1990
            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.             Vergenoeg I 1462