Title

The ||kuken and ostrich feathers

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Summary

The name of the barblet (||kuken) on the stems of arrows that catch in the flesh of the shot animal.

Comments

1) See also The ||kuken and Feathered arrows and poison and Arrow-making, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-31

Contributors

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Date

25 August 1879

Categories

Custom and daily life, Artefact and dress

Keywords

arrows (the making of) , arrows (the poisoning of) , arrows (the barblets used to catch on the flesh, or ||kuken) , arrows (and the use of ostrich feathers) , ostrich feathers (names for black and white) , ostrich feathers (the 'wing-feather root' is used to make ||kuken) , ostrich feathers (and the making of arrows and ||kuken or barblets) , ||kuken (the barblets used to catch on the flesh) , ||kuken (the making of using an ostrich 'wing-feather root') , ||kuken (the poisoning of) , ||kuken (on arrows) , poison (poisoning of the arrow barblet or ||kuken) , hunting (and the use of barbed and poisoned arrows) , hunting (and making ||kuken from ostrich feathers) , names (the barblet on an arrow is called ||kuken) , names (for different ostrich feathers) , names (for the parts of arrows) , feathers (ostrich feathers used to make barblets for arrows or ||kuken)

Story Pages

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