Abagungu (Field Card)

Name: Abagungu (Field Card)
Author: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977

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Field of Interest: World Music
Copyright Message: Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
Description: Tunes, like the bosun's piping in the navy, which drum and pipe the Mukama as he leaves his Kikale (house) to go his rounds or visit the Council Chamber or Court. The Nsegu pipes are made in two sections and joined together by binding with hide, or iguana skin which is shrunk or bound onto the two halves.
Content Type: Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format: Text
Sub Genre: Piece
Page Count: 1
Series Number: TR133
Subject: World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Hoima, Western Region (Uganda)
Keywords and Translated Subjects: África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural