The hunting, preparation and eating of ostrich, 'chiansbok', springbok, khoran, hare and jackal

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

||kabbo (Jantje) (II)

Summary

Narratives which occur in several episodes describing ||kabbo's hunting of various animals for his family, as well as the preparation of food. These include the koran, the 'chiansbok', the springbok, the jackal, the ostrich and the hare. It descibes the preparation of the flesh, and the cooking and eating of meat. Some animals are eaten by women, and others - such as the jackal - only by men. See p.235v for a list of the food eaten by men and women.

Comments

1) Initial corrections were made by 'S' (Stoffel, or |a!kunta) in mid-June; note on the inside of the back cover of this notebook: 'Finished correcting Sept 15/71 from Jantje Toorm himself', 2) p.231v: the koran is also called 'kulan', 3) This story is found in Book II-1

Type

story

Date

28 April - 8 May 1871

Category

Custom and daily life

History (personal)

Keyword

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