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Story: Notes on rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull
Title
Notes on rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull
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). |han≠kass'o describes a copy of rock painting no. 8., in which there is a depiction of a rain-bull in the clouds.
Comments
1) p.7997v: |xam terms for the body parts of the rain, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-23
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
18 – 19 November 1878
Categories
The Rain and Rain's water, Artefact and dress
Keywords
rock art (rock painting copy no. 8: the rain and the rain-bull) , rock art (copied by Col. Durnfold in the Drakensberg) , painting (no. 8 of the rock paintings copied by Col. Durnfold in the Drakensberg) , painting (|han≠kass'o's explanation of) , painting (of the rain and a rain-bull) , painting (of a cloud) , painting (of a being with an 'animal-looking body') , painting (of a being with a 'human-looking body') , rain-bull (the rain and) , rain-bull (pictured in rock painting copy no. 8) , rain-bull (the thing that 'lies above') , rain-bull (pictured in the clouds) , rain (and the rain–bull) , rain (pictured in rock painting copy no. 8) , rain (its body parts) , rain (the thing that comes out of the clouds) , rain (what the people say to it when it thunders and does not fall) , rain (rain-clouds) , rain (what the people drink is called its legs) , rain (that thunders) , rain (different kinds of) , rain (the part that comes out of the clouds is called its tail) , rain (that falls in |han≠kass'o's country) , rain (what the people say to gentle) , rain (weak) , rain (and mist) , rain (its liquid) , rain (its skin) , clouds (and the rain and the rain-bull pictured in) , clouds (in rock painting copy no. 8) , names (of different kinds of rain) , body (the rain's body–parts) , body (the rain and the rain-bull in rock painting copy no. 8)
Story Pages
7995-7998
