Gambian Koru Players Give Free Concert

ID: 77-7470-27 or SIA77-7470-27

Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1977

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: July 1977

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Summary

Musicians from Gambia, Africa gave a free public concert in the Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, in June of 1977. The musicians performed on the koru, hallam, and balafon.

Subject

National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Leonard Carmichael Auditorium

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, July 1977

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: July 1977

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1977

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Musical instruments
  • Gambia
  • Music
  • Concerts
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.)
  • Auditoriums

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Event

ID Number

77-7470-27 or SIA77-7470-27

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

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