West Africa, Ivory Coast (Baule) -- Making and Playing a Transom Xylophone
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.95; E01533
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 (13 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: occasionally the Baule build simple xylophones for entertainment. Pieces of a small tree are placed upon two logs and tuning is done by precise cutting of the wood. Two musicians sit across from one another and start to play, each one with a different part.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Baule