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| Title | Percussionists with their Instruments |
| Subject | Swahili Dance
Religious Life and Customs
Maulidi
Lamu, Kenya, Africa
20th century
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| Description | Setting the rhythmic pace of the goma dance are the percussionists who play a two-headed drum (chapuo), a tin plate (utasa), and the big drum (goma) from which the dance gets its name. |
| Creator | Rebecca Gearhart, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Illinois Wesleyan University, rgearhar@iwu.edu |
| Collection Name | Swahili Expressive Arts Collection (Illinois Wesleyan University) |
| Rights | Rebecca Gearhart, Ph.D., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Illinois Wesleyan University retains the rights to this material. Permission to reproduce these images must be granted by Professor Gearhart. Please contact her at rgearhar@iwu.edu for more information. |
| Date.Original | 1995 |
| Date.Digital | 2007 |
| Format.Original | 35 mm photograph |
| Format.Digital | .jpg |
| Type.Original | Event |
| Type.Digital | image |
| Digitization Specs | Scanned using [scanner type] with [software] |
