West Africa, Ivory Coast (Baule) -- Playing a Musical Bow
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.96; E01534
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (4 minutes, black-and-white sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: many members of African tribes play the musical bow. The string of the bow is struck in front of the musician's mouth while the length of the string is changed in order to create different notes. This instrument is played only for the pleasure of the musician since the low overtones cannot be heard by bystanders. The succession of notes spells out sentences in the Baule language.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Baule