Musical Bows and the Spirit of Human Discovery

Adamo

4 anni fa

FIGURE 1(a). Hunting bow transformed into a mouthbow by !Kung’ speaking performer Ndala Lupupa
FIGURE 1(b). Hunting bow transformed into a mouthbow by !Kung’ speaking performer Ndala Lupupa
FIGURE 2. Mpeli, monoidiochord zither played by two youngsters_Maurice Djenda and Moise Mbongo in their village
FIGURE 3. Daimon Tembo from Mozambique plays his self-constructed friction bow nyakazeze
FIGURE 4. Friction bow kawayawaya played by Kapokola Chimbau
FIGURE 5(a). Ryness Gondwe playing the mtyangala mouth-resonated musical stick made from reed (bot. Phragmites mauritanus)
FIGURE 5(b). Ryness Gondwe playing the mtyangala mouth-resonated musical stick made from reed (bot. Phragmites mauritanus)
FIGURE 6(a). Hunting bow (onkhonji) transformed into a musical bow (sagaya) by Pequenino from the ethnic group of the Ova-Nkhumbi
FIGURE 6(b). Hunting bow (onkhonji) transformed into a musical bow (sagaya) by Pequenino from the ethnic group of the Ova-Nkhumbi
FIGURE 7(a). Lithundu Musumali, a musical bow performer of the !Kung’ ethnic group
FIGURE 7(b). Lithundu Musumali, a musical bow performer of the !Kung’ ethnic group
FIGURE 8. Performance with beng’ mouthbow by Fang’-speaking Obamndong’ Nfung’afung’a, born 1938