Himba Music and Songs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D. (Gordon Davis), 1915-2007
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content: Gordon Davis Gibson papers
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content: Gordon Davis Gibson papers / Series 19: Sound Recordings / 1971-1973 Field Research
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel
label: Extent
content: 5" tape reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-07-06 - 1971-07-06
container: label: Container
content: Item 39
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: Sound tape reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 71-R-8, recorded at Vepwaya's near Oncocua
1. Himba music - One young mother, Kauiambwa (Omukacipengo), and a young girl, Makambaipa, sing a lullaby to the baby of one. The song is called onjongo.
2. Song by Kavara with accompaniment on ocihunda, a 5-stringed and 5-bowed harp at Vepweya's onganda. (Song and instrument said to be non-Himba; song may be Kuvale or Hakawona in origin; Himba men were unable to interpret it.
3. Another song by Kavara

[Also available as copy on 5" sound tape reel, 3 3/4 ips (71-R-18). Additional copy on sound cassette (60 min.) 72-K-15]