Tactics in springbok hunting

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Title

Tactics in springbok hunting

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

|han≠kass'o describes the tactics used in hunting springbok (referring to a numbered picture), in which ostrich feathers attached to sticks are stuck into the small bushes to resemble a person and divert the herd.

Comments

1) p.8066v: |han≠kass'o observed this himself, 2) p.8068v: on various lizards; teasing the

Type

story

Date

22 December 1878 (story finished on or about)

Category

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

Keyword

springbok ( horns and skin used in preparation of ostrich-feather brushes )

springbok ( description of a hunt )

springbok ( hunting and smoke )

springbok ( tactics in hunting )

springbok ( driving )

springbok ( the passing of the herd and the man whose 'head is red' )

springbok ( the use of ostrich feathers tied on sticks to drive )

hunting ( a description of springbok )

hunting ( and the use of feather brushes called !xui-!xui )

hunting ( 'missing one's aim' )

hunting ( successful )

hunting ( unsuccessful )

hunting ( people who dream of )

hunting ( the driving of the herd )

hunting ( and the man to leeward whose head is red )

hunting ( tactics for springbok )

hunting ( and dividing the herd )

hunting ( the preparation of the feather brushes used in )

feather brushes ( the ||kuain plant is used for smoking the ostrich feathers )

feather brushes ( called !xui-!xui )

feather brushes ( the use of the Driedoorn stick )

feather brushes ( used for driving springbok )

feather brushes ( the preparation of )

feather brushes ( the making of )

feather brushes ( the feathers used for )

feather brushes ( red ||ka is painted on the Driedoorn sticks of )

feather brushes ( preparation of thongs for )

feather brushes ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

feathers ( are smoked using the ||kuain plant )

feathers ( from ostrich )

feathers ( and the preparation of brushes used for springbok hunting )

feathers ( kinds used )

feathers ( names of different )

feathers ( rolling them )

feathers ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

smoking ( ostrich feathers )

smoking ( feathers using the ||kuain plant )

smoking ( a springbok skin is put over the fire to smoke )

smoking ( making a fire and the preparation of ostrich-feather brushes )

smoking ( the ||kuain plant is used in )

smoking ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

dreaming ( about successful and unsuccessful hunting )

dreaming ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

Driedoorn ( sticks of used in to make feather brushes for springbok hunting )

Driedoorn ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

thongs ( 'children of thongs' )

thongs ( riem )

thongs ( made of dried springbok's chest-skin )

thongs ( called !ka by the Koranna )

thongs ( used to make feather brushes )

thongs ( the making of )

thongs ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

plant ( called ||kuain )

plant ( and the smoking of ostrich feathers to make brushes for springbok hunting )

plant ( digging for, using a springbok's horn )

plant ( the making of the fire with, for its smoke )

plant ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

names ( the ||kuain plant used to smoke ostrich feathers )

names ( Driedoorn wood used for sticks used in making feather brushes )

names ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

names ( of thongs used inmkaing of feather brushes )

names ( feather brushes are called !xui-!xui )

names ( a substance called ||ka is painted on the Driedoorn sticks )

ostrich feathers ( used in making feather brushes used to drive springbok )

ostrich feathers ( the ||kuain plant is used for smoking )

ostrich feathers ( brushes called !xui-!xui )

ostrich feathers ( the use of the Driedoorn stick )

ostrich feathers ( the preparation and making of )

ostrich feathers ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

||ka ( painted on the Driedoorn sticks used in making feather brushes used to drive springbok )

||ka ( and tactics in springbok hunting )

Story Pages

8067-8073

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