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            1109 Images & Collections results for Tsolo

            RARI RSA GQA11 49
            RARI RSA GQA11 49
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 5
            RARI RSA GQA11 5
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 50
            RARI RSA GQA11 50
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            Eland, snakes.

            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.             Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 51
            RARI RSA GQA11 51
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 54
            RARI RSA GQA11 54
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 56
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 57
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 58
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            Gqaqala XI 34B
            RARI RSA GQA11 59
            RARI RSA GQA11 59
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            Thin red lines Gqaqala XI 34B