Mwariwa toca ku Henga

Title: Mwariwa toca ku Henga
Performer / Recordist: Composer not specified; Elmas Nachilwa and group of Tumbuka/Henga women (Performers); Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Songs, Tumbuka; Africa Malawi Livingstonia
Description / content note: The raft rattles are made from sections of stout dried grass stalks with beans or other seeds inside. They are held between the palms of the hands and swung to and fro, the thumbs or her fingers hitting the rattles at the end of the swing.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR017; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:56
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134073