Mr G. Stow's picture no. 3 (the ||ken dance)

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Title

Mr G. Stow's picture no. 3 (the ||ken dance)

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

<i>The Bushman Doctor or Sorcerer (who may be of either sex.) By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-20. 7757-7762, 7768-7774). Remarks upon sorcerers, their dress, etc. (in explanation of one of Mr Stow's copies of Bushman paintings), by Díä!kwãin. (L V.-10. 4750, 4755-4757.) A curious description of a dance and other doings of sorcerers was given in explanation of No. 3 of Mr Stow's copies of Bushman paintings (L V.-22. 5755-5775). Further details regarding sorcerers (suggested by Mr J.M. Orpen's copy of Bushman paintings - published in the </i>

Comments

1) See also

Type

story

Date

December 1875

Category

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

Keyword

rock art ( no. 3 of Mr Stow's copies of Bushman paintings )

rock art ( explanation of Stow's picture no. 3 )

painting ( rock )

painting ( Stow's picture no. 3 )

painting ( of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

painting ( explanation of )

sorcerers ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

sorcerers ( or healers )

sorcerers ( show people how to dance )

sorcerers ( are 'great' )

sorcerers ( dance first )

sorcerers ( how they teach )

sorcerers ( their actions and work )

sorcerers ( learning to be a sorcerer )

sorcerers ( their dancing apparel and dress )

sorcerers ( wear steenbok )

sorcerers ( and the male steenbok )

sorcerers ( teach sorcery through dance )

sorcerers ( their dancing stick )

sorcerers ( are 'great men' )

sorcerers ( stand in front )

dance ( of sorcerers )

dance ( called the ||ken )

dance ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

||ken dance ( of sorcerers )

||ken dance ( teaching and learning )

||ken dance ( and Stow's picture no. 3 )

||ken dance ( an explanation of )

||ken dance ( and teaching sorcery )

||ken dance ( the dress worn and apparel of )

||ken dance ( and gender )

||ken dance ( the movements and actions performed during )

dress ( sorcerers wear steenbok in their dance )

dress ( worn by sorcerers in their ||ken dance )

dress ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

teaching ( sorcerers teach sorcery through dance )

teaching ( learning to be a sorcerer and the ||ken dance )

teaching ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

name ( of the sorcerer's dance is ||ken )

name ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

steenbok ( and the ||ken dress )

steenbok ( sorcerers wear steenbok in the ||ken dance )

steenbok ( male )

steenbok ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

stick ( the sorcerer's dancing stick )

stick ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

healer ( sorcerer )

healer ( teaches others in the ||ken dance )

healer ( and Stow's picture no. 3 of sorcerer's ||ken dance )

Story Pages

5755-5760

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