Further ceremonies in cutting up eland

Further ceremonies in cutting up eland

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

More ceremonies performed when cutting up eland, as it is a 'magic thing'.

1) p.5363v: Dia!kwain was told this by his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) p.5365v: a note to reread (dated 13 December 1875), 3) See also <i>Ssa ka Kumm</i> and <i>The Mantis and the hunting of eland</i>, 4) This story is found in Book V-18

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30 September - 4 October 1875

Custom and daily life

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