Central Sudan, Southern Wadai (Hausa) -- Playing the Shawm "Libo"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.248; E01030
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, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
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content: Edited film: the shawm libo, a type of clarinet with a tuning loop, is played here by a member of the Hausa Colony in Chad. The libo is made of a millet stem with a reed cut out at one end. Changes in pitch can be accomplished by blowing or inhaling air, by modifying the length of the reed with the tuning loop, and by opening and closing the lower opening with the thumb. The Hausa use this instrument to call the names of their friends by transposing the syllables of the spoken names into tones.
Legacy Keywords: Sudan ; Central Sudan, Southern Wadai ; Africa; Hausa