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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)19791980
- 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
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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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.
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1979-01-09 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Africa
- Sierra Leone
