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Listen: The World ProgramMoses Williams playing the diddley bow - Waverly, Florida
Image Number
FS78635
Date Note
Photographed in November 1977.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1577, Moses Williams-Didley Bow ; no 1
Series 1577, Moses Williams-Didley Bow ; no 1
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Ethnicity, African American
Diddley bow
Musical traditions, Secular
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Music (History and characteristics)
Blues musicians
Folk music
Stringed instruments
Musical instruments
Music--Performance
Folk musicians--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
African American musicians--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
African American men--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
Diddley bow
Musical traditions, Secular
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Music (History and characteristics)
Blues musicians
Folk music
Stringed instruments
Musical instruments
Music--Performance
Folk musicians--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
African American musicians--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
African American men--Florida--Polk County--Waverly
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 slide - col.
General Note
Mr. Williams was born in Mississippi in 1919.
Moses Williams playing the diddley bow - Waverly, Florida
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