Tools: a note

Tools: a note

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

About tools, implements and artefacts used by the |xam. These include a brush called<i> |ku</i>, made of <i>|gipp</i> (striped jackal) hair, and its uses; a gemsbok's rib used for peeling and eating<i> |kui</i>, and its markings. An ostrich bone is used for piercing mats and baskets; the making and use of a pipe made of kid's bone; a woman's digging stick made from the <i>!kwa !kwa</i> tree, the point made of a springbok's horn and used for digging as well as stirring the fire. A digging stick is thrust into a bored stone.

1) Date on p.1122v (note added): 'K.J. 22 Oct 1879' ('K.J' refers to Klein Jantje or |han≠kass'o), 2) This story is found in Book 12 (XII)

story

October 1872

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

tools ( and implements and artefacts used by the |xam )

tools ( making of )

tools ( cooking and eating utensils )

tools ( brushes )

tools ( mats )

tools ( pipe )

tools ( baskets )

tools ( digging stick )

brush ( and tools )

brush ( used by the |xam )

brush ( name of )

brush ( uses of )

brush ( making of )

brush ( |ku )

brush ( from animal hair )

brush ( from |gipp hair )

brush ( handle of )

brush ( from !nabbe stem )

brush ( from thorn-bush )

brush ( with springbok neck sinew binding )

cooking utensil ( and tools used by the |xam )

cooking utensil ( and women )

cooking utensil ( pot as )

cooking utensil ( eating and )

cooking utensil ( gemsbok's rib as )

cooking utensil ( ostrich bone as )

plants ( |kui )

plants ( edible )

plants ( thorn-bush )

plants ( !nabbe )

plants ( names of )

plants ( and tools used by the |xam )

mats ( and tools used by the |xam )

mats ( an ostrich bone is used for piercing )

baskets ( and tools used by the |xam )

baskets ( an ostrich bone is used for piercing )

pipe ( from kid's bone )

pipe ( and tools used by the |xam )

digging stick ( !kwa !kwa wood )

digging stick ( from springbok's horn point )

digging stick ( and tools used by the |xam )

digging stick ( is thrust into a bored stone )

tree ( !kwa !kwa )

tree ( and tools used by the |xam )

bush ( thorn-bush )

bush ( !nabbe )

bush ( brush-handle made from its wood )

bush ( and tools used by the |xam )

food ( ant eggs )

food ( |kui )

food ( 'Bushman rice' )

food ( and tools used by the |xam )

food ( eaten by the |xam )

food ( and digging )

fire ( making of )

fire ( and tools used by the |xam )

stone ( of digging stick )

stone ( and tools used by the |xam )

stone ( bored )

women ( work of )

women ( digging by )

women ( cooking )

women ( hunting by )

women ( digging stick used by )

women ( and tools used by the |xam )

women ( and finding food )

Bushman rice ( digging for )

Bushman rice ( and tools used by the |xam )

Bushman rice ( and food eaten by the |xam )

name ( of bushes and trees used to make tools used by the |xam )

name ( of edible plants )

name ( of animals and animal-parts used in tools made by the |xam )

springbok ( horn point used in digging stick )

springbok ( horn point used for digging and stirring the fire )

springbok ( neck sinew used for binding brush )

springbok ( and tools used by the |xam )

gemsbok ( rib used as cooking and eating utensil )

gemsbok ( and tools used by the |xam )

ostrich ( its bone is used for piercing mats and baskets )

animal ( hair and parts used in tools made by the |xam )

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