Keng se, Counting game

Title: Keng se, Counting game
Performer / Recordist: Mashego, Barney (Chief),Pedi women and one old man; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Pedi (African people); Folk music--South Africa; Field recordings
Description / content note: This is a game where 10 small stones, fruits etc. are placed in a row and one at a time are taken away until all are removed. Each numeral has an idea associated with it, such as in English - "Three, three - te riders, Two, two, - the lily-white boys, etc." "What is this? It is Manthaledi Tsela. What is this? It is the son of Mararela le tsela. What is this? There too there is nothing. What is this? Take it away!
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Pedi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Bushbuck Ridge
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1963
Date issued / published: 1963
Identifier: TR195; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:24
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/10962/188664