Signs made on leaving a place

Signs made on leaving a place

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Signs made by Bushmen in order to show the direction in which they have gone. By /han≠kass'o.(L VIII.-27. 8374-8386).</i>

1) Date on p.8382: 17 April (2nd part of story), 2) p.8373v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an) and observed it himself, 3) p.8375v: on the arrangement of the pieces of grass that point to where the people have gone, 4) p.8379v: getting lost: what white men and the |xam say, 5) p.8381v: |han≠kass'o saw his grandfather reverse branches in this way, 6) p.8382v: the placement of the branches, 7) This story is found in Book VIII-27

story

13 April 1879 (started)

Custom and daily life

signs ( made on leaving a place )

signs ( left for the man who misses the house )

signs ( as indicators of direction )

signs ( the positioning of branches and sticks )

signs ( the use of grass stuck in a bush to show direction )

signs ( made in the ground with the foot )

signs ( left so the man can find his people )

signs ( left so a man will not 'go astray' )

signs ( the people can read them )

signs ( that people make when they travel to another place )

signs ( marks made in the earth )

signs ( pieces of grass arranged to indicate direction )

signs ( left for those left behind )

direction ( signs made on leaving a place to show )

direction ( of a new water-pool )

direction ( where the people have gone )

place ( at the water )

place ( that is new or different )

place ( 'a man of the place he is, he knows the water' )

place ( when people travel away from )

place ( and signs made on leaving a place )

place ( where there is a water pool )

markings ( drawn in the ground with feet )

markings ( that point in the direction the people have gone )

markings ( and signs made when people leave a place )

markings ( made in the ground )

markings ( and the arrangement of grass to show direction )

water ( signs that point in its direction )

water ( -pool )

water ( the people travel to places where there is )

water ( 'a man of the place he is, he knows the water' )

travel away ( and the signs made when leaving a place )

going astray ( ||gwi !k'u )

going astray ( and the signs left as directions for the people left behind )

going astray ( and the signs made when leaving a place )

grass ( is stuck in a bush to show the direction in which people have gone )

grass ( is arranged as a sign when the people leave a place )

location ( of a new place )

location ( signs left so a person can find his people at a new )

location ( and the signs made when leaving a place )

branches ( the number used )

branches ( their distance apart )

branches ( 'reversing' )

branches ( are stuck into the ground to point in the direction the people have gone )

branches ( are put into the ground 'green top' down )

branches ( and sticks used to indicate direction )

branches ( are arranged as signs when people leave a place )

branches ( and sticks point to a new water-pool )

footprints ( the man follows signs and then the people's )

footprints ( the people's 'footmarks' path' )

footprints ( signs made on leaving a place )

name ( used by the |xam for 'going astray' is ||gwi !k'u )

sticks ( and branches )

sticks ( arranged to indicate direction )

sticks ( signs made on leaving a place )

sticks ( point to a new water-pool )

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