Dancing with two sticks: Investigating the origin of a southern African rite
| dc.contributor.author | Jolly, Pieter | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-18T08:56:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-18T08:56:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-17T13:00:25Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Photographs of San descendants from Prieska, Northern Cape, form part of the Bleek Collection, Oppenheimer Library, University of Cape Town. They show some of the Prieska San performing a dance and were taken by Dorothea Bleek in late 1910, or possibly early 1911. A particular posture adopted by dancers in some of these photographs, stooped and supported by two sticks, is represented in San rock paintings. It has also been observed in the rites of some San-speakers, as well as those of some southern Bantu-speakers in South Africa. his article investigates the symbolism of the dancing sticks and whether the rites in which these sticks are employed originated with the San or whether they originated with southern Bantu-speakers. It is suggested that the sticks were used to support trancing San shamans, as has been proposed previously, but that in at least some cases they also symbolized the front legs of an animal into which a shaman was transforming. The rite probably had its origins amongst the San, but, in some cases, the meaning attached to it may have changed as San and southern Bantu-speakers exerted a mutual influence on each others' cultures. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20474925 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Jolly, P. (2006). Dancing with two sticks: Investigating the origin of a southern African rite. <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20396 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Jolly, Pieter "Dancing with two sticks: Investigating the origin of a southern African rite." <i>South African Archaeological Bulletin</i> (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20396 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Jolly, P. (2006). Dancing with two sticks: investigating the origin of a southern African rite. The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 172-180. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0038-1969 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Jolly, Pieter AB - Photographs of San descendants from Prieska, Northern Cape, form part of the Bleek Collection, Oppenheimer Library, University of Cape Town. They show some of the Prieska San performing a dance and were taken by Dorothea Bleek in late 1910, or possibly early 1911. A particular posture adopted by dancers in some of these photographs, stooped and supported by two sticks, is represented in San rock paintings. It has also been observed in the rites of some San-speakers, as well as those of some southern Bantu-speakers in South Africa. his article investigates the symbolism of the dancing sticks and whether the rites in which these sticks are employed originated with the San or whether they originated with southern Bantu-speakers. It is suggested that the sticks were used to support trancing San shamans, as has been proposed previously, but that in at least some cases they also symbolized the front legs of an animal into which a shaman was transforming. The rite probably had its origins amongst the San, but, in some cases, the meaning attached to it may have changed as San and southern Bantu-speakers exerted a mutual influence on each others' cultures. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Archaeological Bulletin KW - San KW - ritual KW - dancing sticks KW - rock art LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 SM - 0038-1969 T1 - Dancing with two sticks: Investigating the origin of a southern African rite TI - Dancing with two sticks: Investigating the origin of a southern African rite UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20396 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20396 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Jolly P. Dancing with two sticks: Investigating the origin of a southern African rite. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20396. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | South African Archaeological Society | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Archaeology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Archaeological Bulletin | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.archaeologysa.co.za/saab | |
| dc.subject | San | |
| dc.subject | ritual | |
| dc.subject | dancing sticks | |
| dc.subject | rock art | |
| dc.title | Dancing with two sticks: Investigating the origin of a southern African rite | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |