Title

The |khu or Bushman soup-spoon

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

The /khu, or Bushman soup spoon. This is a brush of native manufacture, the stem of which is also used to scratch the fire together. By |han≠kass’o (L VIII.-1. 6083 and 6084). The |khu is made by the men who bind together the back hairs of the |gipp (Proteles, or aardwolf). There are also details about the springbok's 'paxwax', or |kuerri, in this account of the making of the soup spoon.

Comments

1) p.6083v: the springbok's |kuerri, or 'paxwax', is yellow and lies on the bone, 2) see also The !au or shaped rib-bone, used by Bushmen in eating some kinds of food, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-1

Contributors

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Date

January 1878

Categories

Artefact and dress

Keywords

utensils (for cooking and eating soup) , utensils (the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon') , utensils (the making of) , utensils (a description of) , utensils (a spoon) , utensils (name of) , utensils (made by men) , spoon (the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon') , spoon (used by the |xam) , spoon (for drinking soup) , spoon (the making of) , spoon (and Driedoorn fire) , spoon (name of) , spoon (made from Proteles' hair) , spoon (made by men) , spoon (and the springboks 'paxwax') , spoon (stem of which is used to scratch the fire together) , men (their work) , men (make the |khu or 'Bushman soup spoon') , Proteles (aardwolf) , Proteles (|gipp) , Proteles (its hair used in the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon') , Proteles (names for) , springbok (its paxwax is called |kuerri) , springbok (its paxwax and the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon') , tree (name of) , tree (the Driedoorn) , tree (the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon') , Driedoorn tree (wood used in the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon') , soup (the |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon') , fire (stem of |khu, or 'Bushman soup spoon', used to scratch it together) , work (men make the |khu or 'Bushman soup spoon') , aardwolf (Proteles) , aardwolf (|gipp) , aardwolf (its hair used in the making of the |khu or the 'Bushman soup spoon') , aardwolf (names for) , names (of the Proteles: aardwolf, |gipp) , names (the springbok's paxwax is called |kuerri) , names (the |khu or 'Bushman soup spoon')

Story Pages

6083-6084

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