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Depiction of arrows, whether they be real or not (arrows of sickness) are quite common in rock art.
Arrows of sickness are said to be small, invisible arrows that malevolent shamans shoot into people whom they wish to make ill.
The arrow points were traditionally made of bone and later of iron. Each point is distinctive; hunters recognise their own and others’ arrows. This is important because an animal belongs to the owner of the fatal arrow, and that person has the responsibility of distributing the meat equitably amongst all the people in the camp.
The poison for which the San are known is placed behind the point so as not to blunt it. The poison was made from snake venom, certain plants and beetle larvae. There is no known antidote, and the San are extremely careful indeed to avoid it getting into their eyes and skin. Men carry their arrows in quivers. Hone, John
RARI BWS_The_Jim_Chaplin_Slide_Collection_Chaplin,Jim.pdf
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RARI ARW_Letters_From_A_Traveller_Willcox,Alex_44
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RARI PJV_List_of_Tracings_Fowarded_to_Natal_Museum_Vinnicombe,Patricia_January_1991_15
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01/ 1991
Le Quellec, Jean-Loïc LQC-LQC-01-92D.jpg
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Part of Le Quellec, Jean-Loïc
RARI PJV_Makabene_Expedition_Vinnicombe,Patricia_December_1953_4
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12/ 1953
RARI PJV_Map_References_For_Recorded_Sites_In_The_Drakensberg_Area_Vinnicombe,Patricia_1958_And_1961_130
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1958/1961
RARI PJV_Map_References_For_Sites_Located_and_Recorded_In_The_Drakensberg_Area_During_A_Rock_Painting_Survey_Vinnicombe,Patricia_1958_1961_12
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1958-1961
RARI ARW_Memorandum_Archaeological_Reserve_In_The_Limpopo_Valley_Willcox,Alex_1966_63
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01/1966