IDNO

T.177588.JCP

Description

On typed listing "34.11; Chibele's Village; Chama; home made guitar; 19.7.60; Zambia; Eastern; Chama district; music; guitar; instrument; Chibele village; entertainment; present."

Local boy, possibly Chibele?, with a home-made six stringed guitar made from a wooden frame and neck, and leather strung across with a cut out soundhole. The strings could be catgut, likely made of animal intestine and are of varying thickness. Some of the strings, notably the thickest three, looks like they could be made of metal. [FG 17/04/25]

Place

S Africa; Zambia; Eastern Province; Chama District

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Chaplin, Jim

Collector / Expedition

Date

19 July 1960

Collection Name

Chaplin Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.177259.JCP - T.178787.JCP were located together in a apple box, now numbered C796/.

T.177259.JCP - ?T.79511240.JCP were located in a red box now numbered C795/2/.

T.79522001.JCP - T.79522047.JCP were located in a slide drawer now numbered C795/2/2.