South African

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            3 Images & Collections results for South African

            RSA LIN1 1R
            RSA LIN1 1R
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            Linton I
            RSA LIN1 2R
            RSA LIN1 2R
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            Recumbent fugures. Linton I
            RSA LIN1 3R
            RSA LIN1 3R
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            Part of RARI
            Therianthropes (eland), birds, tusks, human figures, baboons, arms back posture,sticks, karosses, flecks, bleeding from the nose, dying posture.

            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.             Linton I