How the prepared springbok's ears are tied on

How the prepared springbok's ears are tied on

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

see <i>The Bushman drum, and dancing-rattles. Mode of preparation of the latter, by the women. By /han≠kass'o, (L VIII.-1. 6127-6137). </i>A description of how the springbok ears are tied to the top of the male dancer's feet after being prepared and filled (with berries).

1) See also <i>The preparation of the drum; ears of springbok are tied to the feet of the men who dance</i> and <i>The preparation of the springbok's ears</i> and <i>The use of the !goin-!goin, followed by an account of a Bushman dance, </i>2) This story is found in Book VIII-1

story

26 January 1878

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

springbok's ears ( dancing rattles are made from )

springbok's ears ( how they are tied to the feet of the men who dance )

springbok's ears ( used in a dance )

dance ( and the use of springbok's ear dancing rattles )

dance ( and the tying on of the dancing rattles )

dancing rattles ( made of springbok ears and filled with ||kerri berries )

dancing rattles ( how they are tied on to the feet of the men who dance )

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