How Korannas and the |xam cut themselves in order to shoot well

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Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

||kabbo (Jantje) (II)

Summary

Korannas cut themselves in order to shoot well and cut the back of their right wrists when they fight with their fists so that they may strike a man dead. The |xam cut their hand between the thumb and first finger so that they may shoot the game well.

Comments

1) This story is found in Book II-36

Type

story

Date

September 1873

Category

Custom and daily life

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