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

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Title

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

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

<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>

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Type

story

Date

January 1876

Category

Custom and daily life

Portention

Keyword

hyena ( its curse on the killing bow )

hyena ( removing its 'actions' from a bow )

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

hyena ( the hunting of )

hyena ( its actions )

hyena ( its curse or bad influence )

hunting ( observances )

hunting ( fortunes )

hunting ( the treatment of the bow )

hunting ( removing the curse or bad influence of the hyena from the bow )

hunting ( cutting and marking on bows )

hunting ( methods )

hunting ( and killing hyena )

bow ( the treatment of )

bow ( making cuts on, when a hyena has been killed )

bow ( removing a hyena's curse or actions from )

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Story Pages

5911v

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