Notes on rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull

Notes on rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Remarks concerning copies of Bushman Paintings, given by Colonel Durnfold to His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere.-By |han≠kass'o. (L VIII.-22. 7969-7972, 7974 and 7975, 7983-7993, 23. 7995-8004).</i> |han≠kass'o describes a copy of rock painting no. 8., in which there is a depiction of a rain-bull in the clouds.

1) p.7997v: |xam terms for the body parts of the rain, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-23

story

18 - 19 November 1878

The Rain and Rain's water

Artefact and dress

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