ABSTRACT One of the largest and weirdest anthropomorphic painted figures in the southern African subcontinent (re)discovered in 2015 also happens to be painted at an almost unprecedented altitude. Located in an anomalous uplifting of cave sandstone the painted shelter perches at 2387m in the Highlands of Lesotho. Extremely inhospitable in winter months when snow, wind and altitude can take temperatures below -20°C, it is postulated that this was a summer stopping place for the San hunter-gatherers who followed the migrating herds of eland antelope to these rich grazing grounds. A superabundance of meat and fat translates, in the San idiom, into a superfluity of !gi or spiritual potency. The place, having potency, is therefore both powerful and dangerous. Such circumstances would call for those who have the ability to influence and utilise the supernatural – individuals with ‘hunting magic’ – to fulfil their social responsibility to harness such power for the benefit of all. Both desirable and undesirable outcomes might transpire. With bulging stomach (evoking associations of gluttony and poor resource distribution), tusks, and three legs with clawed toes, the figure in question may represent just such an instance of the strong ritual specialist struggling to control excess potency in an attempt to broker relationships with the other-than-human.

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高高在上：南部非洲高海拔狩猎场中过度效力控制的圣人表达

摘要 2015 年（重新）发现的南部非洲次大陆最大、最怪异的拟人画人物之一也恰好是在几乎前所未有的高度绘制的。位于莱索托高地 2387m 处的彩绘庇护所位于异常隆起的洞穴砂岩中。冬季极不适宜居住，因为降雪、风和海拔都可能使温度低于 -20°C，据推测，这里是跟随大羚羊迁徙到这些肥沃牧场的圣狩猎采集者的夏季停留地。在梵语中，过多的肉和脂肪转化为 !gi 或精神力量的过剩。因此，具有效力的地方既强大又危险。在这种情况下，那些有能力影响和利用超自然力量的人——拥有“狩猎魔法”的人——履行社会责任，利用这种力量造福所有人。理想的和不理想的结果都可能发生。肚子鼓鼓的（让人联想到暴饮暴食和资源分配不佳）、长牙和三只脚趾有爪子的腿，这个人物可能代表了一个强大的仪式专家努力控制过度效力以试图与他人建立关系的例子。非人类。