About maidens and how they adorn young men with ||ka or 'rooi klip'

About maidens and how they adorn young men with ||ka or 'rooi klip'

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

!kweiten ta

ken (Rachel) (VI)

<i>What a Maiden must eat and avoid (L II.-28. 2520-2524). How a New Maiden is treated, has been told in the Katkop dialect, by !kwéiten ta //ken (L VI.-2. 3997-4003); who also narrates the use made by Bushman Maidens of a kind of red stone (L VI.-1. 3970-3974).</i>

1) The page numbers in this book (VI-1) are duplicates of those in notebook IV-4, 2) See also

story

24 December 1874

New maidens

The Rain and Rain's water

Custom and daily life

||ka ( or 'rooi klip' )

||ka ( is painted in zebra stripes )

||ka ( and water-springs )

||ka ( and painting of men's backs, women's cheeks and karosses )

||ka ( maidens adorn springs with )

||ka ( or `rooi klip' )

||ka ( and maidens )

||ka ( and protection against rain )

adornment ( painting with ||ka or 'rooi klip' )

adornment ( of men's backs, women's cheeks and karosses )

adornment ( of young men by maidens )

adornment ( and protection against rain )

maidens ( paint and adorn with ||ka or 'rooi klip' )

maidens ( the 'Bushgirl' )

maidens ( adorn springs )

maidens ( protect young men from rain )

maidens ( the actions of )

springs ( are adorned with ||ka or 'rooi klip' by maidens )

springs ( and actions of maidens )

springs ( must lie quietly )

springs ( are prevented from drying )

springs ( and becoming a maiden )

springs ( water-springs )

water-springs ( are adorned with ||ka or 'rooi klip' by maidens )

water-springs ( and actions of maidens )

water-springs ( must lie quietly )

water-springs ( are prevented from drying )

water-springs ( and becoming a maiden )

stone ( red haematite )

stone ( ||ka or 'rooi klip' )

stone ( used by maidens to adorn the springs and the young men )

name ( of red haematite used by maidens to adorn young men )

rain ( and adornment and painting with ||ka or 'rooi klip' )

rain ( protection from )

rain ( and actions of maidens )

rain ( its lightning kills )

rain ( and young men )

rain ( and water-springs )

kaross ( and protection from rain )

kaross ( is painted with ||ka or 'rooi klip' by maidens )

lightning ( kills young men on hunting-ground )

lightning ( and rain )

lightning ( protection from )

lightning ( and actions of maidens )

lightning ( and painting and adornment with ||ka or 'rooi klip' )

painting ( adornment )

painting ( of men's backs, women's cheeks and karosses )

painting ( as protection from rain )

painting ( patterns )

painting ( with ||ka or 'rooi klip' )

painting ( by maidens )

painting ( of zebra-striped patterns )

young men ( maidens adorn them as protection from the rain )

young men ( are painted with ||ka or 'rooiklip' )

young men ( their backs are painted in zebra stripes )

hunting ground ( how maidens adorn young men with ||ka or 'rooi klip' )

hunting ground ( protection of young men from rain and lightning on )

3970-3973