The discovery of multiple rock gongs in Nigeria
- Title
- The discovery of multiple rock gongs in Nigeria
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Ethnomusicology
- Percussion instruments
- Lithophone
- Musical instruments
- Rock Gong (Instrument)
- Nigeria
- African Music
- Abstract
- The first recorded discovery of ringing rocks used for the production of musical notes was made at Birnin Kudu in Kano Emirate (9'30"E., 11 'N.) in June, 1955, during field investigations of the recently discovered rock paintings, the first to be found in Nigeria. The term ‘rock gong’ is here used to denote the small percentage of the numerous natural rock boulders, slabs, spalls and exfoliations abounding in the rocky hills of Nigeria which vibrate with a ringing tone when struck and which also show indisputable evidence of having been used as percussion instruments.
- Description
- pages: 6-9
- Created Date
- November 30, 1956
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
-
Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Author
-
Fagg, Bernard
Value Annotations
- Is Part Of
- Jos Museum
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-0048
- Identifier
-
307
Value Annotations
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 75042
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