Baboon's ss'o |a and hair used as charms against illness

Baboon's ss'o |a and hair used as charms against illness

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>...further described the value attached, by the Bushmen, to Ss'ó/õä found in the possession of Baboons; also its great use to the latter. The hair of the Baboon considered as a charm (L V.-24. 5957-5967). </i>

1) Ss'o-|a is also spelt Ssho |oa, 2) p.5956v: Dia!kwain's father (Xaa-ttin) told him that ss'o-|a is kept in the baboon's left cheek, 3) p.5963v: see

story

6 February 1876 (started)

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

baboon ( its Ssho |oa and hair is used as a charm against illness )

baboon ( is a thing which can die )

baboon ( its nature and habits )

baboon ( and presentiment )

baboon ( and death )

baboon ( feels its body )

baboon ( knows when danger approaches )

baboon ( does not feel pain )

baboon ( can tell when death threatens )

baboon ( does not get ill )

baboon ( the death of )

baboon ( what is said when one dies )

baboon ( lives long )

baboon ( severe illness kills it )

baboon ( Ssho |oa tells its body things )

baboon ( keeps Ssho |oa in its cheek )

baboon ( does not want to die )

baboon ( and the illnesses of people )

baboon ( protects people from illness )

healing ( using the baboon's Ssho |oa and hair charm )

charm ( which protects against illness )

charm ( made of baboon's hair and Ssho |oa )

Ssho |oa ( the baboon's )

Ssho |oa ( ss'o |a )

Ssho |oa ( the value of )

Ssho |oa ( takes care of baboons )

Ssho |oa ( its properties )

Ssho |oa ( the baboon's stick of )

Ssho |oa ( the baboon keeps it in its cheek )

Ssho |oa ( tells the baboon's body things )

Ssho |oa ( and presentiment )

Ssho |oa ( and the baboon's hair used as charm against illness )

death ( of baboons )

death ( the baboon's hair and Ssho |oa used as charm against illness )

presentiment ( and the stick of Ssho |oa used by baboons tells its body things )

presentiment ( a baboon knows when danger approaches )

illness ( and the baboon's hair and Ssho |oa used as charm against )

illness ( a baboon does not get ill )

illness ( a baboon does not feel pain )

plant ( Ssho |oa )

plant ( baboon's Ssho |oa used as charm against illness )

hair ( of the baboon and Ssho |oa used as a charm against illness )

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