ǀXam people
E124866
The ǀXam people are an indigenous San (Bushman) group of southern Africa known for their rich rock art traditions and a nearly extinct language that has been extensively documented in 19th-century ethnographic records.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| |Xam people | 2 |
| ǀXam people canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
San people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| artForm |
rock engravings
ⓘ
rock paintings ⓘ |
| colonialHistory |
conflict with colonial farmers
ⓘ
displacement during European colonization of South Africa ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| cosmology | belief in trickster-deity ǀKaggen ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | intangible cultural heritage of South Africa ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
ritual healing
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ trance experiences ⓘ |
| descendants | mixed-heritage communities in South Africa ⓘ |
| documentationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| environment | semi-arid Karoo landscapes ⓘ |
| ethnicity | San ⓘ |
| ethnographicSource |
Bleek and Lloyd Collection
ⓘ
surface form:
Bleek and Lloyd archive
|
| heritageRecognition | inclusion in South African national heritage discourse ⓘ |
| knownFor |
19th-century ethnographic documentation
ⓘ
mythology ⓘ oral literature ⓘ rock art traditions ⓘ |
| language | ǀXam language ⓘ |
| languageDocumentationBy |
Lucy Lloyd
ⓘ
Wilhelm Bleek ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tuu languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ |
| mythologicalTheme |
creation of the world
ⓘ
human–animal transformations ⓘ origin of death ⓘ |
| populationTrend | severe decline in 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ |
| region |
Southern Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Africa
|
| relatedEthnicGroup |
!Kung people
ⓘ
Khoisan peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Griqua people
Nama people ⓘ |
| religion | traditional animist beliefs ⓘ |
| scriptUsedInDocumentation | phonetic transcription systems of 19th-century linguists ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | small mobile bands ⓘ |
| subsistence |
gathering wild plants
ⓘ
hunting wild game ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Northern Cape
ⓘ
Karoo ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Karoo
Orange River region ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Orange River region
|
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
|Xam people
this entity surface form:
|Xam people