THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE NATIVE RACES OF SOUTH AFRICA BY PERCIVAL R KIRBY

"THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE NATIVE RACES OF SOUTH AFRICA" BY PERCIVAL R KIRBY. HARDCOVER, FULLY INTACT DUST JACKET, 283 PAGES, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. WITS UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A detailed survey of native music in South Africa by Emeritus Professor P. R. Kirby, who studied the instruments under the guidance of native experts while living among the tribesmen. Firstly, a study of primitive music and secondly, a book of anthropological interest as it adds greatly to the knowledge of the customs of native tribes. It is profusely illustrated by photographs of living subjects, as well as of instruments from his own collection.