The making of a needle from a springbok's foreleg

The making of a needle from a springbok's foreleg

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Flat Bushmen' make a needle for sewing from the foreleg bone of a springbok; what the bone (|<i>kao</i>) and the needle (<i>≠oro</i>) are called. The bones of all things are each named.

1) This story is found in Book V-10

story

June 1875

Artefact and dress

Custom and daily life

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