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            274 Images & Collections results for Winterton

            SMT RSA BAM1 13
            SMT RSA BAM1 13
            SMT SMT-SMT-RSA-BAM1-13.jpg · Item
            Part of Smits, Lucas
            Bees.

            In rock art, one sees depictions of nested U-shapes with bees. Bushman shamans interpreted this particular shape as a honeycomb because bees are a Bushman symbol of potency. In the Kalahari, Bushmen dance when bees are swarming because they believe that they can harness their potency for a particularly effective dance.             Bamboo Hollow I
            RSA BAR1 123
            RSA BAR1 123
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-BAR1-123.jpg · Item · 1976
            Part of Natal Museum
            Horses and cattle.

            Depictions of cattle in rock art are common in some regions. Often they are accompanied by Iron Age people carrying broad-bladed iron spears, shields and knobkerries.             Barnes Shelter I
            RSA BAR1 101
            RSA BAR1 101
            NMSA NMSA-RSA-BAR1-101.jpg · Item · 22/09/1968
            Part of Natal Museum
            Digging sticks.

            The most distinctive item of women’s equipment is the digging stick. Sometimes these were weighted with bored stones. A hole was laboriously bored through a stone, and they were fixed onto the stick with wooden wedges. They made digging in hard ground easier.Bored stones are not used in the Kalahari, where suitable stones are rare and the sand is comparatively soft.

            Examples vary greatly in size and have been found all over Southern Africa. Bushman beliefs suggest that digging sticks had a special significance beyond everyday use. It is believed that when a /Xam woman wished to communicate with the shamans of the game, and possibly dead shamans, she would beat upon the ground with a bored stone from her digging stick. Therefore, digging sticks were used to contact the supernatural world, which is the main purpose of the trance dance.             Barnes Shelter I
            RARI RSA COP1 1R
            RARI RSA COP1 1R
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-COP1-1R.jpg · Item
            Part of RARI
            Bags.

            Bushman beliefs suggest that bags had a special significance beyond everyday use. Their relation to trance metaphors is illustrated in San mythology, where parallels were drawn between getting into a skin bag and getting into an animal- that is, taking on its potency. Therefore, bags painted next to a dance or by themselves, are probably an indication of a trance experience.             RARI
            RARI RSA CAP1 45
            RARI RSA CAP1 45
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-CAP1-45.jpg · Item · 01/04/1967
            Part of RARI
            Snakes.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Camp Shelter I
            RARI RSA CAP1 4
            RARI RSA CAP1 4
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-CAP1-4.jpg · Item · 10/06/1996
            Part of RARI
            Snakes.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Camp Shelter I
            RARI RSA CAP1 2T
            RARI RSA CAP1 2T
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-CAP1-2T.jpg · Item
            Part of RARI
            Snakes.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             RARI
            RARI RSA CAP1 29
            RARI RSA CAP1 29
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-CAP1-29.jpg · Item
            Part of RARI
            Snakes.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Camp Shelter I
            RARI RSA CAP1 2
            RARI RSA CAP1 2
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-CAP1-2.jpg · Item · 10/06/1996
            Part of RARI
            Snakes.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Camp Shelter I
            RARI RSA CAP1 1
            RARI RSA CAP1 1
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-CAP1-1.jpg · Item · 10/06/1996
            Part of RARI
            Snakes.

            Depictions of snakes are not uncommon in rock art.Often it is difficult to detect the head because the snake is entering or leaving a crack or step in the rock face. On close inspection, it is noticeable that most are not depictions of real snakes at all.
            Moreover, bushman beliefs about snakes throw light on these puzzling features. It is believed that shamans used burnt snake powder to assist them in the control of their levels of trance. Like snakes, shamans go underground and then surface again when on out-of-body travel, and this probably explains why painted snakes often seem to slither in and out of the rock face.             Camp Shelter I
            RARI RSA BAW1 9
            RARI RSA BAW1 9
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-BAW1-9.jpg · Item · 14/09/2002
            Part of RARI
            head-dress. flywhisks. Bamboo Waterfall I
            RARI RSA BAW1 8
            RARI RSA BAW1 8
            RARI RARI-RARI-RSA-BAW1-8.jpg · Item · 14/09/2002
            Part of RARI
            Bamboo Waterfall I