Arrow-making

Metadata

Title

Arrow-making

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Arrow making, and Arrow poisoning. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-26. 8293-8302, 8315-8334). Two kinds of Arrow. (L VIII.-10. 6923 rev. and 6924 rev., note). Arrow heads, etc. (L VIII.-1. 6086 and 6087). Description of the spur, or barblet, sometimes added to the Arrow shaft by Bushmen. (L VIII.-31. 8770-8773, and 8767 rev., note). The adhesive substance used by Bushmen in making Arrows. Preparation thereof. (L VIII.-1. 6088-6091). The marking of Arrows. (L VIII.-26. 8289-8292). Arrow Bags. (L VIII. 30. 8663 rev., note). An account of the making of arrows, using reeds, feathers rubbed with |kuai juice, sinew, ||kho and an arrow-head. The next day the people poison the arrows, when it is cold and the people do not perspire.

Comments

1) Date on p.8296: 6 & 12 March, 2) p.8292v: |han≠kass'o observed this himself, 3) p.8326v: asking living and dead rainmakers for rain, 4) p.8327v: on the ||kuirri plant, the Driedoorn stick, a dance (the |goo), a game (ssauken) and a game of ball (!khumm), 5) p.8328v: what the |xam call the snake's venom, or 'poison fang's poison'; ≠ku poison is taken from the juice of the ||kao plant, 6) p.8329v: a 'strong' snake comes from a 'strong' place: strong and weak poison and the number of venom sacs used in its making, 7) pp.8332v & 8333v: keeping the poisoned arrows out of the sight of little children , 8) See also The ||kuken and Feathered arrows and poison, 9) This story is found in Book VIII-26

Type

story

Date

2 March (and taken up again on the 16 March) - 24 March 1879

Category

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

Keyword

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