Cuts to be made on a bow when a baboon has been killed

Cuts to be made on a bow when a baboon has been killed

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>Certain cuts to be made upon the bow, when a Baboon has been killed. A similar ceremony to be observed with regard to the Hyena. A Baboon, when killed, resembles a man, in 'making cloud'. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-24. 5911-5916, 5911 rev., note).</i>

1) p.5910v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) p.5911v: see

story

31 January 1876 (started)

Custom and daily life

Celestial bodies and aeroscopy

baboon ( its curse on the killing bow )

baboon ( removing its 'actions' from a bow )

baboon ( its actions )

baboon ( its death brings bad influence )

baboon ( cuts made on the bow when one has been killed )

baboon ( the hunting of )

baboon ( what Dia!kwain's father told him about killing one )

baboon ( the treatment of the bow used to kill one )

baboon ( the marks made on the bow are the baboon's 'teeth' )

baboon ( its 'eye hollow' in the bow )

baboon ( ensuring its 'eye hollow' leaves the bow )

baboon ( its bad influence, actions or curse )

baboon ( makes 'clouds' like a man's when killed )

baboon ( was once a man )

baboon ( its actions are like a person's )

hunting ( fortunes )

hunting ( observances )

hunting ( ceremony )

hunting ( removing the curse of the baboon from the bow )

hunting ( marking and cutting the bow )

hunting ( and the bad influence of baboons )

hunting ( the treatment of the bow )

hunting ( and killing baboons )

bow ( making cuts on, when a baboon is killed )

bow ( putting the baboon's 'teeth' on )

bow ( removing the baboon's bad influence or curse from )

bow ( the treatment of )

clouds ( a baboon's are like a person's when it dies )

clouds ( death and 'making cloud' )

clouds ( and killing baboons )

clouds ( made by the baboon when dead )

curse ( of the baboon; its bad influence or actions )

curse ( removing the baboon's from the killing bow )

curse ( making cuts on the bow when a baboon is killed )

weapons ( making cuts on the bow when a baboon is killed )

ceremony ( for removing the baboon's curse from the killing bow )

ceremony ( making cuts on the bow when a baboon has been killed )

cutting ( and marking a bow used to kill a baboon )

cutting ( and removing the baboon's curse from the killing bow )

death ( and the making of clouds )

death ( 'making cloud' )

death ( a baboon's are like a man's )

death ( and making cuts on the bow when a baboon is killed )

5911-5916