NWT698: Mende Song
Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT698 (m on cylinder rim). 1. Announcement: ...uary 21st, 1915. 2. Ref tone. 3. Unaccompanied female vocal solo. Reasonable quality recording but with surface noise due to cracked cylinder. C51/3110 (better quality) is the master, C51/3111 is a duplicate. This is a digital access version of an original wax cylinder recording held in the collection of the British Library. Supplied and used with permission from The British Library.
Further Information
- Type: Wax Cylinder Recordings
- Object: NWT698: Mende Song
- Materials: No Data / Other
- Culture Group: Mende
- Dimensions: 123 [Duration]
- Production Date: 1915.01.21
- Associated Places: Kenema
- Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
- Museum: British Library
- Accession Number: BL:C51/3110
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