NWT650: Female vocal solo

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT650 (m on cylinder rim). 1. Announcement: Record 650, Fula, Sendugu, June 26th 1914. 2. Ref tone. 3. Unaccompanied female vocal solo. NB: Krio Fula is a dialect of Fuuta Jalon. Good quality recording. C51/3020 (better quality) is the master, C51/3021 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: NWT650: Female vocal solo
  • Materials: No Data / Other
  • Culture Group: Fula
  • Dimensions: 216 [Duration]
  • Production Date: 1914.06.26
  • Associated Places: Sendugu
  • Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
  • Museum: British Library
  • Accession Number: BL:C51/3020

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