Pieces of wood for divining, or |xu

Pieces of wood for divining, or |xu

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

!nanni (XI)

Tamme (XII)

A description of the set of wood pieces (or |xu) used by the !kun for divining. This set of pieces is said to assent 'to me about the thing'. The set consist of four pieces - two male and two female. The Makoba call the set |nu |num, although the boys say it is a 'Bushman institution'.

1) See also <i>The pieces of wood used by the Bushmen of !nanni's country for divining future events</i>, 2) This story is found in Book XI &amp; XII-6

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18 August 1880

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