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              RARI HPC 01 67HC
              RARI HPC 01 67HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-67HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              This part of the frieze at RSA BTH1 and has been somewhat spoilt by the flow of water but there are many interesting figures left, including one which appears to be carrying a hoe with another similar artefact stuck into the armband of the other arm. Pager described these as 'bulbous objects', but hoes were objects of trade during the early Iron Age and, like pangas, were used for hamstringing elephants. The Bushmen were renowned as elephant hunters and the ivory was used for barter.

              Several of the eland at the top of this panel are unfinished. It would seem that the white of the necks and legs was not completed.

              The humanoid figure with the wing is an unusual example of the ales or 'flying creatures'. The main shaded polychrome eland at the bottom is an outstanding example of the Bushman art. Attenuated figures (elongated figures)
              P44 pager F197 - 198.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 66HC
              RARI HPC 01 66HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-66HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              This part of the frieze at RSA BTH1 and has been somewhat spoilt by the flow of water but there are many interesting figures left, including one which appears to be carrying a hoe with another similar artefact stuck into the armband of the other arm. Pager described these as 'bulbous objects', but hoes were objects of trade during the early Iron Age and, like pangas, were used for hamstringing elephants. The Bushmen were renowned as elephant hunters and the ivory was used for barter.

              Several of the eland at the top of this panel are unfinished. It would seem that the white of the necks and legs was not completed.

              The humanoid figure with the wing is an unusual example of the ales or 'flying creatures'. The main shaded polychrome eland at the bottom is an outstanding example of the Bushman art.
              P44 pager F196 - 197.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 64HC
              RARI HPC 01 64HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-64HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              One of the two main panels at RSA BTH1.

              Apart from the beautiful polychrome eland, in almost every conceivable attitude, including frontal and back views, this panel includes a number of particularly interesting individual items.
              For example:
              1. Low down at the left hand side, a series of concentric semi-circles that represents honeycombs. Honeycombs take up this form when not confined to a hive or hole in a rock. The honey was particularly significant to the Bushmen, both as a source of sweetness and the basis for an alcoholic drink.

              2. Several 'flying creatures' or alites as Harald Pager named them. There is a very unusual example near the top of the panel. These may represent the spirits of dead Bushmen/eland/medicine-men who have achieved a state of trance and whose spirits have temporarily left their bodies.

              3. Two large 'bristle bulls' as named by Harald Pager, facing each other, head to head, low down to right centre of the panel. Harald Pager considered these to be mythological creatures but it is also possible to interpret them as two old bull eland confronting each other.

              4. A baboon-like creature of mythological significance, low down in the centre of the panel. Such a creature is dealt with in the folklore of the Bushmen as recorded by Dr. W.H.I. Bleek.

              A detailed analysis of every item in the paintings is contained in Harald Pager's book 'Ndedema'.

              Many of the concepts of the Bushmen are also dealt with in the book 'Rock Art of Southern Africa' by H.C. Woodhouse, the compiler of this catalogue. Attenuated figures (elongated figures).
              P43 pager F189.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 63HC
              RARI HPC 01 63HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-63HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              One of the two main panels at RSA BTH1.

              Apart from the beautiful polychrome eland, in almost every conceivable attitude, including frontal and back views, this panel includes a number of particularly interesting individual items.
              For example:
              1. Low down at the left hand side, a series of concentric semi-circles that represents honeycombs. Honeycombs take up this form when not confined to a hive or hole in a rock. The honey was particularly significant to the Bushmen, both as a source of sweetness and the basis for an alcoholic drink.

              2. Several 'flying creatures' or alites as Harald Pager named them. There is a very unusual example near the top of the panel. These may represent the spirits of dead Bushmen/eland/medicine-men who have achieved a state of trance and whose spirits have temporarily left their bodies.

              3. Two large 'bristle bulls' as named by Harald Pager, facing each other, head to head, low down to right centre of the panel. Harald Pager considered these to be mythological creatures but it is also possible to interpret them as two old bull eland confronting each other.

              4. A baboon-like creature of mythological significance, low down in the centre of the panel. Such a creature is dealt with in the folklore of the Bushmen as recorded by Dr. W.H.I. Bleek.

              A detailed analysis of every item in the paintings is contained in Harald Pager's book 'Ndedema'.

              Many of the concepts of the Bushmen are also dealt with in the book 'Rock Art of Southern Africa' by H.C. Woodhouse, the compiler of this catalogue.
              P43 pager F188 - 189.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 62HC
              RARI HPC 01 62HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-62HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              One of the two main panels at RSA BTH1.
              P43 pager F187 - 188.

              Apart from the beautiful polychrome eland, in almost every conceivable attitude, including frontal and back views, this panel includes a number of particularly interesting individual items.
              For example:
              1. Low down at the left hand side, a series of concentric semi-circles that represents honeycombs. Honeycombs take up this form when not confined to a hive or hole in a rock. The honey was particularly significant to the Bushmen, both as a source of sweetness and the basis for an alcoholic drink.

              2. Several 'flying creatures' or alites as Harald Pager named them. There is a very unusual example near the top of the panel. These may represent the spirits of dead Bushmen/eland/medicine-men who have achieved a state of trance and whose spirits have temporarily left their bodies.

              3. Two large 'bristle bulls' as named by Harald Pager, facing each other, head to head, low down to right centre of the panel. Harald Pager considered these to be mythological creatures but it is also possible to interpret them as two old bull eland confronting each other.

              4. A baboon-like creature of mythological significance, low down in the centre of the panel. Such a creature is dealt with in the folklore of the Bushmen as recorded by Dr. W.H.I. Bleek.

              A detailed analysis of every item in the paintings is contained in Harald Pager's book 'Ndedema'.

              Many of the concepts of the Bushmen are also dealt with in the book 'Rock Art of Southern Africa' by H.C. Woodhouse, the compiler of this catalogue.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 61HC
              RARI HPC 01 61HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-61HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              P43 pager F186B. 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.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 59HC
              RARI HPC 01 59HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-59HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              P43 pager F186 - 187. 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. Bees.

              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.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 58HC
              RARI HPC 01 58HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-58HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              Among the flakes on the left, a few human figures are still recognisable. In contrast to this deterioration, three small antelope, which were painted in a niche of rock face, are well preserved. Of a human figure, painted above this niche, only the legs have remained. At the top right is a shaded polychrome eland and a man carrying a large quiver. Quivers.
              P42 pager F174.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 57HC
              RARI HPC 01 57HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-57HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              The frieze furthest to the right in RSA BTH1 and depicts the meeting of Bushmen groups and is distinguished by a large number of artefacts such as carrying bags, quivers, pangas, etc. that lie around the seated figures. There are also a number of amophorous shapes, which may represent pieces of meat or, in Pager's words, 'parts of the killed and dismembered animals'.

              These paintings are a typical reflection of the way of life of the Bushmen when smaller groups combined at appropriate seasons of the year when food was plentiful and marriages were arranged. They can probably be interpreted completely literal.
              P41 pager F173.               Botha’s Shelter I
              RARI HPC 01 56HC
              RARI HPC 01 56HC
              HPC HPC-RARI-HPC-01-56HC.jpg · Item
              Part of Pager, Harald
              The frieze furthest to the right in RSA BTH1 and depicts the meeting of Bushmen groups and is distinguished by a large number of artefacts such as carrying bags, quivers, pangas, etc. that lie around the seated figures. There are also a number of amophorous shapes, which may represent pieces of meat or, in Pager's words, 'parts of the killed and dismembered animals'.

              These paintings are a typical reflection of the way of life of the Bushmen when smaller groups combined at appropriate seasons of the year when food was plentiful and marriages were arranged. They can probably be interpreted completely literal.
              P41 pager F172.               Botha’s Shelter I