The |khu or Bushman soup-spoon

The |khu or Bushman soup-spoon

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The /khu, or Bushman soup spoon. This is a brush of native manufacture, the stem of which is also used to scratch the fire together. By |han≠kass'o (L VIII.-1. 6083 and 6084). </i>The |khu is made by the men who bind together the back hairs of the |gipp (Proteles, or aardwolf). There are also details about the springbok's 'paxwax', or |kuerri, in this account of the making of the soup spoon.

1) p.6083v: the springbok's |<i>kuerri,</i> or 'paxwax', is yellow and lies on the bone, 2) see also <i>The !au or shaped rib-bone, used by Bushmen in eating some kinds of food, </i>3) This story is found in Book VIII-1

story

January 1878

Artefact and dress

utensils ( for cooking and eating soup )

utensils ( the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon' )

utensils ( the making of )

utensils ( a description of )

utensils ( a spoon )

utensils ( name of )

utensils ( made by men )

spoon ( the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon' )

spoon ( used by the |xam )

spoon ( for drinking soup )

spoon ( the making of )

spoon ( and Driedoorn fire )

spoon ( name of )

spoon ( made from Proteles' hair )

spoon ( made by men )

spoon ( and the springboks 'paxwax' )

spoon ( stem of which is used to scratch the fire together )

men ( their work )

men ( make the |khu or 'Bushman soup spoon' )

Proteles ( aardwolf )

Proteles ( |gipp )

Proteles ( its hair used in the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon' )

Proteles ( names for )

springbok ( its paxwax is called |kuerri )

springbok ( its paxwax and the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon' )

tree ( name of )

tree ( the Driedoorn )

tree ( the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon' )

Driedoorn tree ( wood used in the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon' )

soup ( the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon' )

fire ( stem of |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon', used to scratch it together )

work ( men make the |khu or 'Bushman soup spoon' )

aardwolf ( Proteles )

aardwolf ( |gipp )

aardwolf ( its hair used in the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon' )

aardwolf ( names for )

names ( of the Proteles: aardwolf, |gipp )

names ( the springbok's paxwax is called |kuerri )

names ( the |khu or 'Bushman soup spoon' )

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