I take Blaze into the senior's lodge to go visit Grandma (in a town of less than 300), sure enough, there's a gentleman there that knew what Blaze was. He was an archeologist back in his day. His last dig was in 1976 deep in the Congo, and he stayed with villagers and witnessed the hunts and the lives of the basenjis in the village.
He told me about one hunt.
The basenjis chase antelope into huge nets that are strung up in the forest like barriers. The nets are handmade with ropes and vines. Some of the hunters stay near the net and hide, the majority of the hunters take the basenjis to the water hole and wait. When the antelope arrived, they release the basenjis and chase behind almost soundlessly. You can really hear the gourd bells, which are mostly around the loins. The antelope hit the net and are shot with arrows. The basenjis have to get beaten off… they get a little too excited.
He has some amazing pictures. I'm trying to borrow his album to scan, but he's not comfortable with that idea.
He loves Blaze though and he knows the african word for the breed which I can never remember or pronounce.
Basenji human clothing
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Other than the what I call 'standard' basenji human clothing items (like the word basenji on a t-shirt, or a face of a basenji on a t-shirt), does anyone know where I can find human clothing that has basenjis in the design of the fabric? I am looking for a pair of what I would call 'loungng pants" - not PJs (though those would be okay too), but something comfy I can wear around the house that doesn't look like PJs. Yes, basenji fever has struck me badly.
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how handy are you? I know you can find basenji fabric and there is a company that you can create your own fabric. it's a bit pricy, but might be worth it. otherwise, you could buy cotton lounging pants and use basenji stamps with fabric paint to basenji-fy it yourself.
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Well, I am not handy or artistic at all. So I think I might have to hunt for some or wait for local dog shows and see if I can do some networking. Thanks for those suggestions though - really appreciate it.
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i dont think stamping or stencils would require too much talent.
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Well, you have given me an idea. My sister is very artistic. If I bought some cotton lounge pants and gave her fabric paint, she could possibly draw some basenjis on the pants for me.
Here is a link to some of her ceramic work.
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my guilty little pleasure:
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^yep! i have the best basenji coffee travel mug from there.
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