||hara and Tto

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Title

||hara and Tto

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>The Bushmen anoint their heads with //hára (which is black and sparkling), mixed with fat, and rub their bodies with ttò. (L VIII.-14. 7272 rev.,-7276 rev., note). Ttò or 'Roode Klip' is dug out from the mountain side. Precautions to be taken against sorcerers upon these occasions. (L VIII.-14. 7275 and 7276, 7279 and 7380). </i>A description of stones called ||<i>hara</i> and <i>tto. ||hara</i> is black and the people pound it together with fat and anoint their heads with it. <i>Tto</i> is red and is pounded and rubbed onto their flesh.

Comments

1) This story is found in Book VIII-14

Type

story

Date

August 1878

Category

Custom and daily life

Story Pages

7272v-7276v

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