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Eland, San rock painting
San Hunter-Gatherer
Origins Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa
One of the most exquisite examples of an eland antelope (brush)painted on a rock face. Eastern Cape, South Africa
The only San person ever interviewed in front of rock paintings told many tales of eland. He said that where his deity |kaggen lived, high in the spiritual hinterland of the Maloti-Drakensberg, eland were to be seen in enormous herds
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- Title: Eland, San rock painting
- Creator: San Hunter-Gatherer
- Location Created: Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Physical Dimensions: Rock painting
- Type: Painting
- Original Source: Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand. www.sarada.co.za
- Rights: Rock Art Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
- Medium: Sandstone rock, pigment, ochre
- time period: Older than 2000 years
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