UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Simon Ottenberg field recordings, 1979-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ottenberg, Simon
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Simon Ottenberg field recordings
Dates
1979-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
73 items  :  OT - 73 reels (7 1/2 ips, 5"); WT - 65 reels (7 1/2 ips, 2 tr. stereo, 7") (as of 7/2010); WD - 17 compact discs (digital, stereo); Duration: 33:00:00; field notes (13 volumes - acquired July 2002); v. 1 of field notes includes background notes.
Collection Number
1979026
Summary
Recorded in Sierra Leone 1979-1980.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access is restricted.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Dr. Simon Ottenberg, is an emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Washington and a scholar of modern and contemporary Nigerian art. His initial fieldwork in Nigeria during the 1950s and 1960s focused on traditional arts of the Afikpo Igbo culture. In the early 1990s, Ottenberg redirected his scholarship toward modern and contemporary Nigerian art.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Recorded by Simon Ottenberg with Stellavox; 1 or 2 mics; Ampex 407.

Transmission Data: Digital files created in 2009: 79-26.31.wav through 79-26.40.wav (96 kHz, 24-bit); digital files created in 2010: 79-26.41.aif through 79-26.44.aif (48 kHz, 24-bit); compact disc copies (Work Discs) made from these 14 files in 2010.

Digital files created in 7/2010: 79-26.62.aif, 79-26.63.aif, and 79-26.66.aif (48 kHz, 24-bit); compact disc copies (Work Discs) produced.

Work Tape copies of tapes 31-44, 62-63, 66 discarded 3/2010 and 7/2010.

Documentation: Typed notes

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Description Dates
1979026-0001
1 audiotape : Audio Reel; Tracks: 1
Bundo music, girls' initiation, Jan. 9, 1979. 4 Samburi drums, bells from initiates waist bands, clapping, dancing, singing with Mase from Sakuta village, about 35 persons. Bafodea Town, near Mucaro (?) the Tailor's place. Single microphone. Described pp. 688-91. Analyzed pp. 817-18, 819-21.
1979-01-09

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Ethnomusicology

Geographical Names

  • Africa
  • Sierra Leone