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MR.1959.22.2-A6
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Namibia | | Nyae Nyae | | Bosjesmannen | | 1953 | |
Language and title:
original language: Khoisan
title in English: Giraffe 1
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | unknown | - |
MALE | |
| Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
choirkoorchoeur
function: healing
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Bushman Music and Pygmy Music"
Reference Bushman Music. Musée de l'Homme 55 - 3
Bushman women's choir and medicine men, Giraffe 1. A ceremonial dance during which several medicine men are entranced, performing their healing ceremony. The music, which contains giraffe medicine, was given to nisa ! na.
Tempo:
no information available
Pitch:
Tessitura
Octave reduced tone scale
All pitch candidates
Melodic progress (fragment)
