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Reel no. 78; IS-8 December 28, 1965, n.d.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- 16. Isundunrin (1965-1966)
- Darius Thieme Collection
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- n.d.
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- Summary:
- Description: Scope/Content: Isundunrin: Joel Ogundokun, Ile Onile-owo; Ogun sayings, work, bellows, hammer & anvil, etc.Description: The blacksmith's hammer or omo'wu is used as a musical instrument in Yorubaland. It is a metal idiophone held in the right hand and tapped against the anvil, which is usually a heavy metal rod anchored in the ground. The omo'wu is typically club-shaped, narrower on the handle and heavier and rounder on the striking end. Techniques of handling and muting the stick allow the blacksmith to imitate the three tones of the Yoruba language, as well its timbres and inflections. The omo'wu may thus be used to say greetings, recite family history or oriki, and recite oriki or other poetry for Ogun, the deity associated with iron. In this recording, we first hear the blacksmith perform a variety of texts with the omo'wu alone, and then we hear it with the rhythmic accompaniment of blacksmiths' bellows (Thieme 1969: 370-74).
- Participant:
- Contributors: Darius Louis Thieme.
- Notes:
- Item number: 2005.09_068.
- Includes updated metadata from Jesse Ruskin.Conserv. note: Digitized 2012-09-24 at 24bit/96khz. Staff note: Hand written liner notes included.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 17 January, 2022).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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