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              RSA PIT1 1
              RSA PIT1 1
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-1.jpg · Item · 01/12/1987
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              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.               Dowson, Thomas
              RSA PIT1 10
              RSA PIT1 10
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-10.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Rhebuck, human figures, sticks

              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.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 11
              RSA PIT1 11
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-11.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Rhebuck Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 13
              RSA PIT1 13
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-13.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              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.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 16
              RSA PIT1 16
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-16.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Eland, interaction with feature of rock surface Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 17
              RSA PIT1 17
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-17.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Human figures, karosses, bows, quivers Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 18
              RSA PIT1 18
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-18.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Therianthropes (antelope), human figures, running figures, head-dresses, bleeding from the nose, bows Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 2
              RSA PIT1 2
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-2.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              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.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 4
              RSA PIT1 4
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-4.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Eland, weird whites

              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.               Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 5
              RSA PIT1 5
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-5.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Eland. Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 6
              RSA PIT1 6
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-6.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              Rhebuck, weird whites, sticks Blundell, Geoffrey
              RSA PIT1 8
              RSA PIT1 8
              RARI RARI-RSA-PIT1-8.jpg · Item · 12/12/1997
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              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.               Blundell, Geoffrey