Notes on rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull

Notes on rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Remarks concerning copies of Bushman Paintings, given by Colonel Durnfold to His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere.-By |han≠kass'o. (L VIII.-22. 7969-7972, 7974 and 7975, 7983-7993, 23. 7995-8004).</i>

1) p.7997v: |xam terms for the body parts of the rain, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-23

story

18 - 19 November 1878

The Rain and Rain's water

Artefact and dress

rock art ( rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull )

rock art ( copied by Col. Durnfold in the Drakensberg )

painting ( no. 8 of the rock paintings copied by Col. Durnfold in the Drakensberg )

painting ( |han≠kass'o's explanation of )

painting ( of the rain and a rain-bull )

painting ( of a cloud )

painting ( of a being with an 'animal-looking body' )

painting ( of a being with a 'human-looking body' )

rain-bull ( the rain and )

rain-bull ( pictured in rock painting copy no. 8 )

rain-bull ( the thing that 'lies above' )

rain-bull ( pictured in the clouds )

rain ( and the rain-bull )

rain ( pictured in rock painting copy no. 8 )

rain ( its body parts )

rain ( the thing that comes out of the clouds )

rain ( what the people say to it when it thunders and does not fall )

rain ( rain-clouds )

rain ( what the people drink is called its legs )

rain ( that thunders )

rain ( different kinds of )

rain ( the part that comes out of the clouds is called its tail )

rain ( that falls in |han≠kass'o's country )

rain ( what the people say to gentle )

rain ( weak )

rain ( and mist )

rain ( its liquid )

rain ( its skin )

clouds ( and the rain and the rain-bull pictured in )

clouds ( in rock painting copy no. 8 )

names ( of different kinds of rain )

body ( the rain's body-parts )

body ( the rain and the rain-bull in rock painting copy no. 8 )

7995-7998