NWT733: Male speech

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT733. 1. Announcement: ... March 24th 1915. 2. Ref tone. 3-4. Solo male speech, probably in the Loko language. 5. Ref tone. 6. Solo male speech. Reasonable quality recording but with surface noise. C51/3182 and C51/769 (better quality) are duplicates. 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: NWT733: Male speech
  • Materials: No Data / Other
  • Culture Group: Loko
  • Dimensions: 204 [Duration]
  • Production Date: 1915.03.24
  • Associated Places: No Data
  • Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
  • Museum: British Library
  • Accession Number: BL:C51/769

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