Pieces of wood for divining, or |xu

Pieces of wood for divining, or |xu

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

!nanni (XI)

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Tamme (XII)

A description of the set of wood pieces (or |xu) used by the !kun for divining. This set of pieces is said to assent 'to me about the thing'. The set consist of four pieces - two male and two female. The Makoba call the set |nu |num, although the boys say it is a 'Bushman institution'.

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story

18 August 1880

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

Portention

Relations with others

divining ( methods )

divining ( what is used for )

divining ( by the !kun )

divining ( the wood pieces used for )

divining ( 'assents to me about the thing' )

divining ( the set of pieces, or |xu )

divining ( four pieces - two male and two female )

divining ( the Makoba call the set |nu |num )

divining ( it is a 'Bushman institution' )

!kun ( use a set of divining pieces, or |xu )

Makoba ( they call the set of divining pieces |nu |num )

wood ( a set of pieces used by the !kun for divining )

wood ( about the set of pieces called |xu )

portention ( divining methods used by the !kun )

portention ( a set of pieces for divining called |xu )

future ( the set of divining pieces, or |xu )

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