Table of Contents

1. Naron huts; 2. Introduction; 3. Distribution; 4. Modes of life; 5. Fires and food; 6. Dress; 7. Ornaments; 8. Paint and tattoo; 9. Hair and beard; 10. Weapons; 11. Hunting and trapping; 12. Burning the grass; 13. Tobacco; 14. Games; 15. Music and singing; 16. Dancing; 17. Girls' initiations ceremony; 18. Boys' initiation ceremony; 19. Religious belief; 20. Medicine men; 21. Medicine; 22. Health; 23. Motherhood; 24. Family life; 25. Marriage; 26. Death; 27. Public life; 28. Chieftainship; 29. Trade; 30. Arithmetic; 31. Times and seasons; 32. Traditions; 33. Art; 34. Character; 35. Physical appearance; 36. Capacity as workmen; 37. Folklore; 38. Grammatical sketch: Naron, Auen, Nusan; 39. List of plants.

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This 1928 book analyses the Naron, a Bushmen tribe of the Central Kalahari.