NWT691: Mende Story

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT691 (m on cylinder rim). 1. Announcement: Record 691, Mende story, Kenema, January 20th 1915. 2. Ref tone. 3. Solo male speech. 4. 691a, repeated. 5. Solo male speech. Good quality recording but the ediphones recording mechanism is audible. C51/3096 (better quality) is the master, C51/3097 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: NWT691: Mende Story
• Materials: No Data / Other
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 216 [Duration]
• Production Date: 1915.01.20
• Associated Places: Kenema
• Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
• Museum: British Library
• Accession Number: BL:C51/3096

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