Limba kongoma solo

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Limba kongoma solo. The kongoma is pictured in the photograph. A kongoma is a wooden box with a sound hole over which a few (in this case 3) metal blades are fixed. The blades are plucked with the fingers of one hand while the side of the box is hit with the other hand or sometimes (as in this case) with a tin. Kongoma blades are usually hacksaw blades. Measurements of this kongoma box 20.5" - 11" - 6". The blades in this case are sometimes plucked but at other times hit with closed outstretched fingers.

Further Information

• Type: Sound Recording, Musical instruments
• Object: Limba kongoma solo
• Materials: No Data / Other
• Culture Group: Limba
• Dimensions: No Data
• Production Date: 1967.04.22
• Associated Places: Freetown [Place Recorded]
• Associated People: Cootje van Oven [Sound Recordist]; Herb Clark [Sound Recordist]; Sarrah Conteh [Performer]
• Museum: Cootje Van Oven Collection
• Accession Number: CVO:311

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