NWT741: Timne Orphan Song
Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT741 (d on cylinder rim). 1. Announcement: ...41, Timne Orphan [?] song, March 24th 1915. 2. Ref tone. 3. Unaccompanied vocal group. 4. Ref tone. 5-6. Unaccompanied male vocal solo. Reasonable quality recording but with surface noise due to master cylinder being cracked and distortion in track 5. C51/3207 is the master, C51/3208 (better quality) 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: NWT741: Timne Orphan Song
- Materials: No Data / Other
- Culture Group: Temne
- Dimensions: 158 [Duration]
- Production Date: 1915.03.24
- Associated Places: No Data
- Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
- Museum: British Library
- Accession Number: BL:C51/3208
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