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Story: The making of clay pots
Title
The making of clay pots
Collection
Summary
The making of Clay Pots. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-23. 8054-8067). The women collect earth and male grass. They mould the wet earth and work it into a pot, and when it is just dry they rub fat on the pot. They may also boil gum (|gui) and springbok blood in the pot.
Comments
1) p.8053v: |han≠kass'o observed this himself; the name of a plant found in Bushmanland which sticks to the fingers, 2) p.8054v: the earth from which the pots are made (27 December 1878), 3) pp.8058v & 8060v: see An owl believed to foretell the coming of the lion, 4) p.8059v: the Taaibosch, which the people make bows from; |han≠kass'o's wife (Ssuobba-||ken) was taught to make pots by various female relations (their |xam names), 5) p.8061v: |xam names for white and black gum from the Doornboom (!khou), 6) p.8062v: the |xam term for nets made by ||kabbo's wife, !kuabba-an (or Oud Lies); a plant used in the making of an adhesive substance (!gabba), 7) p.8064v: words and sentences, including a term for 'blood porridge', 8) p.8065v: tasks performed by men and women; the |xam term for people who work well and badly; breaking bones using stones (also on p.8066v), 9) This story is found in Book VIII-23
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
14 December 1878 (started)
Categories
Artefact and dress, Custom and daily life
Keywords
clay pots (the treatment of new) , clay pots (are not struck with a stone when new) , clay pots (are dried in the sun) , clay pots (women teach each other to make) , clay pots (how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make) , clay pots (are rubbed and sealed with fat) , clay pots (are smoothed with a !kau bone) , clay pots ('working') , clay pots (blood is boiled inside) , clay pots (are gum-coated) , clay pots (the gum used for sealing them) , clay pots (the making of) , clay pots (the clay used for) , clay pots (the making of) , clay (pounding the earth for making) , clay (which earth is used for making) , clay (raw-) , clay (the drying of) , clay (the moulding of) , clay (methods used in making) , clay (moulded and smoothed with !kau bone) , clay (newly dried) , clay (and the making of clay pots) , earth (the kind used to make clay for pots) , earth (digging for) , earth (mixed with male grass) , earth (the pounding of) , earth (called 'pot's hole') , earth (making the 'stick's hole') , earth (is pounded on skin) , skin (springbok-) , skin (used for pounding the earth to make pots) , skin (and the making of clay pots) , digging ('stick's hole') , digging ('pot's hole') , digging (for the earth used to make clay pots) , work (performed by men and women) , work (one who does so 'nicely') , work (the |xam terms for 'one who works badly' and 'one who works well') , work (and the making of clay pots and bows) , bows (made from Taaibosch) , bows (the wood used to make) , bows (the making of clay pots and) , fat (used to seal clay pots) , fat (rubbed inside clay pots) , fat (and the making of clay pots) , gum (spooned with a springbok's horn spoon) , gum (names of different) , gum (used to coat and seal clay pots) , gum (!khou's 'eyes') , gum (!khou 'dung') , gum (uses for) , gum (from the Doornboom, or !khou tree) , gum (and the making of clay pots) , |han≠kass'o (names of his relations) , |han≠kass'o (his personal history) , |han≠kass'o (and the making of clay pots by his wife, Ssuobba-||ken) , personal history (the names of |han≠kass'o's relations) , personal history (how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make clay pots) , springbok (blood boiled in clay pot) , springbok (blood carried in a stomach) , springbok (its horn is used as a spoon) , springbok (and the making of clay pots) , stone (used to break bones) , stone (used in cooking to break bones) , stone (and the making of clay pots) , bone (the cooking and eating of) , bone (breaking with a stone) , bone (and the making of clay pots) , plants (Taaibosch, used to make bows) , plants (gum used in making pots, from Doornboom, or !khou trees) , plants (and the making of clay pots) , names (of trees, plants, bushes used in the making of clay pots and bows) , names (of |han≠kass'o's relations) , names (|han≠kass'o's wife was Ssuobba-||ken or Sara) , names (|xam terms for 'one who works badly' and 'one who works well') , names (of the earth used to make clay pots) , names (of different kinds of gum used in making of clay pots) , names (of a bone used in making of clay pots) , teaching (methods of making clay pots) , teaching (women teach each other to make clay pots) , teaching (how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make clay pots) , education (about methods of making clay pots) , education (of women who teach each other to make clay pots) , education (how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make clay pots) , pots (the making of clay) , pots (the treatment of new) , pots (are not struck with a stone when new) , pots (are dried in the sun) , pots (women teach each other to make) , pots (how |han≠kass'o's wife, Ssuobba-||ken, learned to make) , pots (are rubbed and sealed with fat) , pots (are smoothed with a !kau bone) , pots ('working') , pots (blood is boiled inside) , pots (are gum-coated) , pots (the gum used for sealing them) , pots (the making of) , pots (the clay used for)
Story Pages
8054-8067
