NWT729: Male speech in Loko

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT729 (d on cylinder rim). 1. Announcement: Record 729, Timne, March 23rd, 1915. 2. Ref tone. 3. Loko record. 4. Solo male speech. Reasonable quality recording but with surface noise and weak signal. C51/3171 is the master, C51/3172 (better quality) and C51/3173 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: NWT729: Male speech in Loko
• Materials: No Data / Other
• Culture Group: Loko
• Dimensions: 208 [Duration]
• Production Date: 1915.03.23
• Associated Places: No Data
• Associated People: Thomas, Northcote Whitridge (1868-1936) [Sound Recordist]
• Museum: British Library
• Accession Number: BL:C51/3172

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