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              NMSA JHH 01 405H
              NMSA JHH 01 405H
              JHH JHH-NMSA-JHH-01-405H.jpg · Item · 12/1997
              Part of Hone, John
              Rhebuck.
              Rhebuck is one of the antelope that are most frequently depicted, after the eland. The rhebuck is comparable to the eland because it is often painted in shaded polychrome. Both eland and rhebuck are depicted in two colours, mainly red and white, even though they are more grey than red. Depictions of men with rhebuck heads are shamans. It is known that shamans with rhebuck heads controlled eland and harnessed their power to enter trance and to perform their various tasks, including rain-making.               Upper Tugela XX 4794
              NMSA JHH 01 404H
              NMSA JHH 01 404H
              JHH JHH-NMSA-JHH-01-404H.jpg · Item · 12/1997
              Part of Hone, John
              Bows and arrows.
              Different kinds of bows are depicted in San art. From curved, comparatively straight and triple curved there are a variety of bows found in rock art.               Upper Tugela XX 4794
              NMSA JHH 01 403H
              NMSA JHH 01 403H
              JHH JHH-NMSA-JHH-01-403H.jpg · Item · 12/1997
              Part of Hone, John
              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.               Upper Tugela XX 4794