Notes on chippings, or, Chipping no. 4

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Remarks concerning copy of Chipping, No. 4. (L VIII.-19. 7639-7642). The dots resemble those that the people paint onto other people's heads with tto (rooiklip, or haematite). The objects in figures 3 and 7 (of the same chipping) resemble mat sieves.

Comments

1) p.7639opp: tto is also called `rooi klip' (or haematite), or !nou by the Bastards ('Bastaards'), 2) p.7639v: words and sentences, 3) p.7640v: the |xam names for a poisonous snake and red ants (which appear in the picture of chipping no. 4), 4) This story is found in Book VIII-19

Type

story

Date

22 September 1878 (started)

Category

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

Keyword

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