Tto, 'rooi klip' (how tto is obtained)

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

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). An account of how tto (rooi klip) is obtained. When the people collect tto, they pound it and then anoint themselves with the mixture as protection against the sorcerers at the tto mine.

Comments

1) pp.7274v-7275v: see ||hara and tto, 2) p.7279v: the people would become ill if the sorcerers at the tto mine were to see them, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-14

Type

story

Date

11 August 1878 (started)

Category

Custom and daily life

Keyword

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