Tto, 'rooi klip' (how tto is obtained)

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Title

Tto, 'rooi klip' (how tto is obtained)

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>The Bushmen anoint their heads with //hára. (which is black and sparkling), mixed with fat, and rub their bodies with ttò. (L VIII.-14. 7272 rev.,-7276 rev., note). Ttò or 'Roode Klip' is dug out from the mountain side. Precautions to be taken against sorcerers upon these occasions. (L VIII.-14. 7275 and 7276, 7279 and 7380). </i>

Comments

1) pp.7274v-7275v: see

Type

story

Date

11 August 1878 (started)

Category

Custom and daily life

Keyword

tto ( `rooi klip' )

tto ( how it is obtained )

tto ( and sorcerers )

tto ( the 'mining' of )

tto ( 'anointing' with )

tto ( precautions to be taken against sorcerers when collecting )

tto ( is collected along with ||hara )

tto ( the preparation of )

tto ( found in a mine in the side of the mountain )

tto ( obtaining and illness )

mine ( tto or 'rooi klip' mine )

mine ( what the |xam call it )

mine ( people fear it )

mine ( sorcerers live there )

mine ( throwing stones at )

mine ( protection against the sorcerers at )

||hara ( and how Tto or 'rooi klip' is obtained )

||hara ( collected along with tto )

sorcerers ( that live in the tto or 'rooi klip' mine )

sorcerers ( looking at them makes people ill )

sorcerers ( cause illness )

sorcerers ( hide when people throw stones at the tto mine )

sorcerers ( their actions and doings )

sorcerers ( live in holes )

sorcerers ( anointing with tto as protection from )

sorcerers ( and obtaining tto )

sorcerers ( frightening them away )

sorcerers ( making them hide )

sorcerers ( precautions to be taken against when collecting tto )

name ( what the |xam call the tto or 'rooi klip' mine )

illness ( caused by sorcerers at the tto or 'rooi klip' mine )

illness ( and how tto is obtained )

illness ( and looking at sorcerers )

stones ( throwing at a tto or 'rooi klip' mine )

stones ( and sorcerers )

Story Pages

7275-7276, 7279-7280

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