Sharing symbols: A correspondence in the ritual dress of black farmers and the southern San
| dc.contributor.author | Jolly, Pieter | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-27T06:37:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-27T06:37:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-04T09:18:10Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A feature of the dress of some people depicted in rock paintings of the southeastern San is a bandolier - strips or strings of what are probably leather, sinew or beads which criss-cross the chest of the people shown wearing them. A similar item of dress is worn in a wide range of African societies by diviners/spirit mediums and by initiands during their puberty rites. In this article, possible reasons for this correspondence in dress of southeastern San and Black farmers are explored and discussed within the context of inter-group culture exchange. It is concluded that this item of dress was brought with Black farmers as they moved southwards from west and central Africa, and was subsequently introduced to some southeastern San groups with whom they had established close and symbiotic relationships. Some of the other elements in San rock paintings that are present in areas occupied by Black farmers and San, but which are absent from areas where these groups did not come into contact with each other, may also have been introduced into southeastern San culture and art as a result of the influence of Black farmers on San cultures. This process is likely to have contributed to regional diversity in the overt content and the symbolism of San rock paintings. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Jolly, P. (2005). Sharing symbols: A correspondence in the ritual dress of black farmers and the southern San. <i>South African Archaeological Society - Goodwin Series</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24094 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Jolly, Pieter "Sharing symbols: A correspondence in the ritual dress of black farmers and the southern San." <i>South African Archaeological Society - Goodwin Series</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24094 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Jolly, P. (2005). Sharing symbols: a correspondence in the ritual dress of Black farmers and the southeastern San. Goodwin Series, 86-100. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Jolly, Pieter AB - A feature of the dress of some people depicted in rock paintings of the southeastern San is a bandolier - strips or strings of what are probably leather, sinew or beads which criss-cross the chest of the people shown wearing them. A similar item of dress is worn in a wide range of African societies by diviners/spirit mediums and by initiands during their puberty rites. In this article, possible reasons for this correspondence in dress of southeastern San and Black farmers are explored and discussed within the context of inter-group culture exchange. It is concluded that this item of dress was brought with Black farmers as they moved southwards from west and central Africa, and was subsequently introduced to some southeastern San groups with whom they had established close and symbiotic relationships. Some of the other elements in San rock paintings that are present in areas occupied by Black farmers and San, but which are absent from areas where these groups did not come into contact with each other, may also have been introduced into southeastern San culture and art as a result of the influence of Black farmers on San cultures. This process is likely to have contributed to regional diversity in the overt content and the symbolism of San rock paintings. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Archaeological Society - Goodwin Series LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - Sharing symbols: A correspondence in the ritual dress of black farmers and the southern San TI - Sharing symbols: A correspondence in the ritual dress of black farmers and the southern San UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24094 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24094 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Jolly P. Sharing symbols: A correspondence in the ritual dress of black farmers and the southern San. South African Archaeological Society - Goodwin Series. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24094. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| 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 Society - Goodwin Series | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.archaeologysa.co.za/saab/goodwin | |
| dc.subject.other | Archaeology | |
| dc.subject.other | Social Sciences | |
| dc.subject.other | African Studies | |
| dc.subject.other | Area Studies | |
| dc.title | Sharing symbols: A correspondence in the ritual dress of black farmers and the southern San | |
| 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 |