Making fire with two pieces of sticks; and tinder-making

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>Making fire with two pieces of stick. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII. -28. 8471 and 8472).</i> The people make fire (when they have no tinderbox) using two pieces of stick (from a divided arrow). The tree used for tinder is a dry Doornboom (thorn tree) that lies dead on the ground.

Comments

1) p.8470v: |han≠kass'o experienced this himself: his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi) made fire this way when he had no tinder, 2) p.8472v: all |xam have 'European' tinderboxes according to |han≠kass'o, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-28

Type

story

Date

4 June 1879 (started)

Category

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

Keyword

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