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Photo, Print, Drawing Cambodian musicians at the home of Sorn Veuk, Lowell, Massachusetts

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Title

  • Cambodian musicians at the home of Sorn Veuk, Lowell, Massachusetts

Names

  • DeNatale, Douglas (Research team member)
  • Taylor, David Alan, 1951- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • September 20, 1987

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Massachusetts
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Massachusetts -- Lowell

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: All of these photographs depict activities related to the performance of traditional Cambodian music at the home of Sorn Veuk, 50 Ware Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. Except for the last image on this roll (#37), all photos were taken before fieldworkers Doug DeNatale and David Taylor began to tape record the session. Technical data: all photos taken with 35mm Nikkor lens and Vivitar 283 strobe; film is T-Max 400. 2, musicians play as friends and relatives look on (photo is dark because strobe not activated); 3, Sokhm Bun (left) plays banjo and unidentified musician plays troe sao as friends and relatives look on. Instrument at right is takne being played by Nhak Chann; 4, left-right: Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (troe sao), Chorb Chan (flute), Nhak Chann (takne); 5-7, left-right: Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (troe sao), Nhak Chann (takne), Chorb Chan (flute); 8, left-right: Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (troe sao), Chorb Chan, Nhak Chann (takne); 9-10, left-right: Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (troe sao), and Chorb Chan (takne); 11-12, Chorb Chan plays the takne; 13, clockwise from top left: Chorb Chan (takne), Nhak Chann (troe ou) , Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (troe sao); 14-21, clockwise rx'om right: Chorb Chan (takne), Nhak Chann (troe ou), Sorn Veuk (skoe), Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (troe sao). Note: Chanthy Chigas is seen in #14; Doug DeNatale is seen in #16-21; 22-25, carved wooden model of Angkor Wat made by Sorn Veuk; 26-28, clockwise from left: unidentified musician, Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (flute), Nhak Chann (takne), Chorb Chan (troe ou); 29-30, clockwise from left: Sorn Veuk (skoe), unidentified musician (troe sao), Sokhm Bun (banjo), unidentified musician (flute), Nhak Chann (takne), Chorb Chan (troe ou); 31, left-right: Sorn Veuk (skoe), unidentified musician (troe sao), Sokhm Bun (banjo); 32-33, left-right: unidentified musician (flute), Nhak Chann (takne), Chorb Chan (troe ou); 34, left-right: Nhak Chann (takne), Chorb Chan (troe ou); 35, Sorn Veuk stands in front of model of Angkor Wat that he carved. Model sits atop rack of stereo components; 36, family photos and posters on wall of Sorn Veuk's bedroom; 37, left-right: unidentified man, child, and woman listen to musicians; unidentified musician plays the kim (hammered dulcimer).

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1987/042: LFP-DT-235

Source Collection

  • Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

DeNatale, Douglas, and David Alan Taylor. Cambodian musicians at the home of Sorn Veuk, Lowell, Massachusetts. United States Lowell Massachusetts, 1987. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_235/.

APA citation style:

Denatale, D. & Taylor, D. A. (1987) Cambodian musicians at the home of Sorn Veuk, Lowell, Massachusetts. United States Lowell Massachusetts, 1987. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_235/.

MLA citation style:

DeNatale, Douglas, and David Alan Taylor. Cambodian musicians at the home of Sorn Veuk, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_235/>.