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Title: Ostrich egg containers on a dune near |Haiǂgas pan
Subject: San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, San (African people)--Social life and customs, Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs, Hunting and gathering societies--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Salt pans (Geology), Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern, ,
Description: A pan known as |Haiǂgas meaning "pale pan". Pans can range from a few hundred meters to twenty kilometres in diameter. Many pans are important cultural sites for the ǂKhomani San. After the rains, a hunting group would stay around a pan to drink and hunt. Water was stored in ostrich egg containers, sealed with a straw and bees wax stopped. These are then buried under a dune for use later.
Identifier: islandora:27101

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