The Archaic Mode of Production:
Southern Africa
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1. Rainmakers or shamans capture an animal painted in red ochre. Probably a rain ceremony. In San mythology, large herbivores are associated with rain. Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
3. San rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal. Dancing women, some wearing traditional leather aprons and ostrich egg-shell knee bracelets. South Africa.
5. San rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Figures wearing leather cloaks (karosses) have concave faces.
6. Rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Antelope-human (therianthrope). In San mythology, after creation, the animal species differentiated themselves from humans. This figure may be carrying a smaller antelope on its back.
7. Rock painting from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Two superimposed rheboks, the second with its head down.
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