Dorothea Bleek - Book BC151_A3_002

Metadata

Title

Dorothea Bleek - Book BC151_A3_002

Collection

Dorothea Bleek notebooks

Contributor

!kwe

kake (Doorki)

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!kun !we (Sabina)

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Dina

Summary

Notebook on language (words and sentences) of Langeberg Bushmen. Some personal details relating to contributors (the Bushmen she met on Mount Temple farm) including names and some genealogical details. Some pages loose. Mostly sentences.

Comments

1) p.54: name of Ould Hans, also 'Dina 14.9.1910', also 'Notes for preface' concerning name for lynx-mother. 2) p.58v 'From Ould Lies and Bet'. 16.9.1910. 3) p.59: Ould Lies's name is !kun ||koi or !kun ||kwe. 4) p.60v: 'B's used to dance often and long in old days.' 5) p.64: Dina 16.9. 6) p.65: 'her father was among Griquas at Postmasberg', 'her brother's grandfather [?] brought them up'. 7) p.68: Sabina 16.9. 8) p.72v: Dina & Sabina 17.9.1910. 9) p.74v: Dina. p.76 & 77: Dina's genealogical information and names of her relations. It seems here that Dina's name is |hau ko [?]. 10) p.76v: 'B's eat no baboons, everything else.' 11) p.77v: 'Dina was baby when war took place. Left hidden...'. Noted on same page: Sabina. 12) On p.78 opposite & 79 are personal details given by Sabina re her family. 13) p.80v: Doorki 10.9.1910. Mostly tenses. 14) p.84v: partial index on Moon. 15) p.85v: partial index on Mantis.

Type

story

Date

September_1910

Category

Words and sentences

History (personal)

Story Pages

54-85

Contents

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