Treatment of the old

Treatment of the old

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

!nanni (XI)

Tamme (XII)

The !kun do not 'throw away' their old people, but keep them with them. The old people take care of the small children when the mothers are off collecting food.

1) This story is found in Book XI & XII-10

story

April or May 1881

Custom and daily life

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