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            1109 Images & Collections results for Tsolo

            RARI RSA GQA7 6
            RARI RSA GQA7 6
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA7-6.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA7 60
            RARI RSA GQA7 60
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA7-60.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA7 7
            RARI RSA GQA7 7
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA7-7.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Geometrics/strange shapes?, fingerpainted, Type 2C Gqaqala VII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA7 8
            RARI RSA GQA7 8
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA7-8.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA7 9
            RARI RSA GQA7 9
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA7-9.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Antelope Gqaqala VII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA8 1
            RARI RSA GQA8 1
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA8-1.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            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.             Gqaqala VIII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA8 10
            RARI RSA GQA8 10
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA8-10.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VIII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA8 11
            RARI RSA GQA8 11
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA8-11.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VIII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA8 12
            RARI RSA GQA8 12
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA8-12.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VIII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA8 13
            RARI RSA GQA8 13
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA8-13.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VIII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA8 14
            RARI RSA GQA8 14
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA8-14.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VIII 34B
            RARI RSA GQA8 15
            RARI RSA GQA8 15
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-GQA8-15.jpg · Item · 03/05/2007
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            Gqaqala VIII 34B