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Title
Valiha and lokanga, Malagasy instruments, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ .
post@vid.no
Description
"Bambus-gitar og greskar-fiolin" ("Bamboo gitar and a gourd violin"). Valiha is a bamboo guitar and Lokanga is a gourd violin. The two men are wearing lamba.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints. 16.2 x 11.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2872 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A04-470
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2872
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A04-470.jpg
Subject
Musicians
Group portraits
Instruments
Lamba
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Tananarive (Antananarivo)
Source
NMS/Photo/A04Ma/470 [File]
Relation
A04Ma by Meling, Lars, 1867-1954
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
Photographs of the Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, ca.1870-1950
impa-m559

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