Dress after death

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Title

Dress after death

Collection

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

Contributor

!nanni (XI)

Summary

An account of what is done with the body of a deceased man and how it is dressed and arranged (by his father).

Comments

1) p.9562v: !nanni heard this from his paternal grandfather (Karu) as well as his paternal grandmother (Ku ||na), 2) A term for 'like ourselves' used by |han≠kass'o and !nanni; there are no newspapers in Da's country; !kun names for the Milky Way, 4) p.9566v: !nanni tells Da that Da had not heard about |xue from Da's father (?) as he had 'respected' Da (due to his youth), 5) See also

Type

story

Date

1 - 5 August 1880

Category

Custom and daily life

Keyword

death ( dress after )

death ( the arrangement of the body )

death ( the body is arranged only by the dead man's father )

death ( what the dead man wears )

death ( actions after )

death ( !kun customs at )

death ( the actions of the widow )

death ( the actions of the daughter )

death ( the actions of the dead man's mother )

dress ( after death )

dress ( and !kun customs at death )

dress ( dead man's father dresses body )

dress ( |ou horn worn by dead man )

dress ( jackal-skin back apron worn by dead man )

dress ( dead man wears jackal's feet and tail and skin )

dead man ( and !kun customs at death )

dead man ( his dress after death )

dead man ( his bag )

dead man ( his head rests on his bag )

dead man ( his things )

dead man ( his father arranges his body )

dead man ( wears jackal's feet and tail and skin )

dead man ( wears a |ou's horn )

jackal ( and the dead man's skin back apron )

jackal ( its tail and feet used in the dress of the dead )

jackal ( and the dead man's dress )

jackal ( and !kun customs at death )

buck ( called |ou )

buck ( small, probably a steenbok )

buck ( and dress after death )

buck ( its horn worn by the dead man )

buck ( and !kun customs at death )

body ( and actions after death )

body ( arrangement of the dead man's )

body ( how that of the dead is dressed )

body ( and !kun customs at death )

father ( the dead man's dresses and arranges the body )

father ( and dress after death )

father ( and !kun customs at death )

bag ( and dress after death )

bag ( of the dead man )

bag ( dead man's head rests on his )

bag ( and !kun customs at death )

horn ( of a buck, the |ou, worn by the dead man )

horn ( and !kun customs at death )

horn ( and dress after death )

!kun ( customs at death )

!kun ( dress after death )

Story Pages

9563-9567

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