Gola song

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Gola song asking for gifts, accompanied by two shegbureh. This song is directed to rich personages. The chorus is in two parts, using intervals of 4th and 5th ending in unison at end of phrases. The shegbureh, apparently always played by women, is a stalked gourd surrounded by a network of beads or buttons on strings. The end of the strings is held in one hand, the stalk of the gourd in the other. Rhythmic movements of the gourd produce the desired rattle of the beads or buttons against the gourd.

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Further Information

  • Type: Sound Recording, Musical instruments
  • Object: Gola song
  • Materials: No Data / Other
  • Culture Group: Gola
  • Dimensions: No Data
  • Production Date: 1966.12.23
  • Associated Places: Tuasu, Makpele Chiefdom, Pujehun District [Place Recorded] [Origin of item]
  • Associated People: Cootje van Oven [Sound Recordist]; Herb Clark [Sound Recordist]; Tene Satmah [Shegbureh]; Weya D Cosseh [Shegbureh]
  • Museum: Cootje Van Oven Collection
  • Accession Number: CVO:274

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