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              RARI 01 223
              RARI 01 223
              RARI RARI-RARI-01-223.jpg · Item
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              Trance dance, sticks and arms back posture Halstone I
              RARI 01 224
              RARI 01 224
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              Arms back posture. Halstone I
              RARI LEE RSA HAE1 10
              RARI LEE RSA HAE1 10
              LEE LEE-RARI-LEE-RSA-HAE1-10.jpg · Item · 01/01/1986
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              Baboons.

              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.               Lee, Neil