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Story: Notes on rock painting copy no. 2 (!nu'sa and other groups)
Title
Notes on rock painting copy no. 2 (!nu'sa and other groups)
Collection
Summary
Remarks concerning copies of Bushman Paintings, given by Colonel Durnfold to His Excellency Sir Bartle Frere. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-22. 7969-7972, 7974 and 7975, 7983-7993, 23. 7995-8004). The mode of shooting practised by the |núsa Bushmen. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-22. 7972-7974). |han≠kass'o identifies and describes various groups of people (as they appear in a copy of rock painting no. 2).
Comments
1) |han≠kass'o has not observed the '|nu'sa Bushmen' (or |nu'ssaiten) himself, 2) p.7973v: words and sentences, 3) See also Notes on rock painting copy no. 3 and Notes on rock painting copy no. 5, no. 6. and no. 7, 4) This story is found in Book VIII-22
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
9 November 1878
Categories
History (personal), Relations with others, Custom and daily life, Artefact and dress
Keywords
shooting (methods employed by different groups of people) , shooting (and the use of arrows) , shooting (rock painting copy no. 2) , arrows (methods of shooting) , arrows (rock painting copy no. 2) , painting (no. 2 of the rock paintings copied by Col. Durnfold in the Drakensberg) , painting (|han≠kass'o's explanation of) , painting (of |xam groups) , rock art (rock painting copy no. 2) , rock art (picturing !nu'sa and other groups) , rock art (copied by Col. Durnfold in the Drakensberg) , |xam (names of groups) , |xam (the |nu'sa, or |nu-ssaiten) , |xam (that barter) , |xam (their country) , |xam (location of) , |xam (their place) , |xam (the names of) , |xam (identified by |han≠kass'o in rock painting copy no. 2) , |xam (seen by |han≠kass'o) , |xam (the 'Grass Bushmen') , |xam (the |ke-||en) , |xam (the 'Berg' or 'Mountain Bushmen', or !kaogen ss'o !ke) , |xam (the 'Har River Bushmen', or ||kaiten ss'o !ke) , |xam (the 'Flat Bushmen') , |xam (a |xam dialect spoken by the 'Grass Bushmen') , |xam (about different) , |xam (the appearance of) , |xam (descriptions of) , |xam (the dress of) , |xam (weapons used by) , |xam (the adornment of) , |xam (information supplied by |han≠kass'o concerning different) , |xam ('Mountain Bushmen' are feared) , barter (and |han≠kass'o's explanation of rock painting copy no. 2) , barter (by different groups of the |xam) , weapons (used by different groups of |xam) , weapons (identified by |han≠kass'o in rock painting copy no. 2) , jewellery (beads made of ostrich eggshell) , jewellery (worn by different groups of |xam) , jewellery (identified by |han≠kass'o in rock painting copy no. 2) , skins (worn by people) , skins (identified by |han≠kass'o in rock painting copy no. 2) , beads (made of ostrich eggshell) , beads (that resemble the Caama fox's eyes) , beads (identified by |han≠kass'o in rock painting copy no. 2) , adornment (beads) , adornment (jewellery) , adornment (worn by groups of people) , adornment (identified by |han≠kass'o in rock painting copy no. 2) , dress (of groups of people) , dress (skins) , dress (identified by |han≠kass'o in rock painting copy no. 2) , dialect (of |xam spoken by 'Grass Bushmen') , dialect (and rock painting copy no. 2) , places (the name of) , places (in Bushmanland) , places (of the different groups of |xam) , places (Kenhardt) , places (called Kortpens or Tkou) , places (and rock painting copy no. 2) , names (of groups of |xam) , names (of places in Bushmanland) , names (of individuals known by |han≠kass'o) , names (and rock painting copy no. 2) , Koranna (the |nu-ssaiten resemble them and stab with assegais) , Koranna (and rock painting copy no. 2)
Story Pages
7969-7974
