Open reel audiotape

Museum number:
24-159
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21240000159
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Side A: Calabar Youths Orchestra on the Second Anniversary Celebrations of the Uyo District Union. The instrumental music was played on four square-like drums (Ekomo), and a rattle of woven rattan. Side B: Songs performed by a group of seven (mixed men and women) from Onitsha Province, south of Onitsha Town. The group calls themselves the Egwu Amalabu Oyo. Instruments used: 1 block, 1 gong, 1 ceramic jar struck with the palms of the hand over the mouth, and 3 gours which are made to rattle by a net of beads covering on each. Songs: 1. Ilolo Ejum Obi (My heart is Full of Trouble). 2. Egwa Amalabu Oyo: Loving Dance- an old song slightly modified). 3. Ududu Kene Ndegu (My Instruments are Greeting the Dancers). 4. Egwu Amala Elu Noma (Farewell Song).
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Jos (Nigeria) and Onitsha (Nigeria)
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection date:
1961
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Audio reel tapes and Drums (membranophones)
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Audio recordings
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Open reel audiotape, accession number 24-159, described as Side A: Calabar Youths Orchestra on the Second Anniversary Celebrations of the Uyo District Union. The instrumental music was played on four square-like drums (Ekomo), and a rattle of woven rattan. Side B: Songs performed by a group of seven (mixed men and women) from Onitsha Province, south of Onitsha Town. The group calls themselves the Egwu Amalabu Oyo. Instruments used: 1 block, 1 gong, 1 ceramic jar struck with the palms of the hand over the mouth, and 3 gours which are made to rattle by a net of beads covering on each. Songs: 1. Ilolo Ejum Obi (My heart is Full of Trouble). 2. Egwa Amalabu Oyo: Loving Dance- an old song slightly modified). 3. Ududu Kene Ndegu (My Instruments are Greeting the Dancers). 4. Egwu Amala Elu Noma (Farewell Song).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Open reel audiotape, accession number 24-159, described as Side A: Calabar Youths Orchestra on the Second Anniversary Celebrations of the Uyo District Union. The instrumental music was played on four square-like drums (Ekomo), and a rattle of woven rattan. Side B: Songs performed by a group of seven (mixed men and women) from Onitsha Province, south of Onitsha Town. The group calls themselves the Egwu Amalabu Oyo. Instruments used: 1 block, 1 gong, 1 ceramic jar struck with the palms of the hand over the mouth, and 3 gours which are made to rattle by a net of beads covering on each. Songs: 1. Ilolo Ejum Obi (My heart is Full of Trouble). 2. Egwa Amalabu Oyo: Loving Dance- an old song slightly modified). 3. Ududu Kene Ndegu (My Instruments are Greeting the Dancers). 4. Egwu Amala Elu Noma (Farewell Song).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Open reel audiotape, accession number 24-159, described as Side A: Calabar Youths Orchestra on the Second Anniversary Celebrations of the Uyo District Union. The instrumental music was played on four square-like drums (Ekomo), and a rattle of woven rattan. Side B: Songs performed by a group of seven (mixed men and women) from Onitsha Province, south of Onitsha Town. The group calls themselves the Egwu Amalabu Oyo. Instruments used: 1 block, 1 gong, 1 ceramic jar struck with the palms of the hand over the mouth, and 3 gours which are made to rattle by a net of beads covering on each. Songs: 1. Ilolo Ejum Obi (My heart is Full of Trouble). 2. Egwa Amalabu Oyo: Loving Dance- an old song slightly modified). 3. Ududu Kene Ndegu (My Instruments are Greeting the Dancers). 4. Egwu Amala Elu Noma (Farewell Song).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Open reel audiotape, accession number 24-159, described as Side A: Calabar Youths Orchestra on the Second Anniversary Celebrations of the Uyo District Union. The instrumental music was played on four square-like drums (Ekomo), and a rattle of woven rattan. Side B: Songs performed by a group of seven (mixed men and women) from Onitsha Province, south of Onitsha Town. The group calls themselves the Egwu Amalabu Oyo. Instruments used: 1 block, 1 gong, 1 ceramic jar struck with the palms of the hand over the mouth, and 3 gours which are made to rattle by a net of beads covering on each. Songs: 1. Ilolo Ejum Obi (My heart is Full of Trouble). 2. Egwa Amalabu Oyo: Loving Dance- an old song slightly modified). 3. Ududu Kene Ndegu (My Instruments are Greeting the Dancers). 4. Egwu Amala Elu Noma (Farewell Song).

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