!kuppen (imitation of the sound of horses)

!kuppen (imitation of the sound of horses)

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The admiration of Bushman women for the horse. The sound of the cantering of horses imitated by them. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-31. 8737-8740). </i>The women sit with a rolled up kaross between their knees and slap it making the sound of the horse.

1) See also <i>How the Bushman women show their admiration for the horse, 2</i>) p.8737v: the women 'play' the kaross, 2) p.8738v: how the women hold the kaross between their knees while they 'play', 3) p.8739v: the noise the kaross makes as the women slap it, 4) This story is found in Book VIII-31

story

15 August 1879

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

horse ( !kuppen and how women imitate their cantering by striking a kaross )

women ( 'a play it is, a women's play' )

women ( put a kaross between their legs and strike it )

women ( they !kuppen and imitate the sound of horses )

!kuppen ( 'a play it is, a women's play' )

!kuppen ( how women imitate the sound of the horse by striking a kaross )

kaross ( what it says )

kaross ( and how women imitate the sound of a horse )

kaross ( is struck when women !kuppen )

kaross ( sounds like a horse cantering when struck )

kaross ( women 'play' it )

8738-8740