Rain Charm Song (Heteu henna)

• Item identifier: 24-115.12
• Date: Aug 1957
• Contributor: James B. Hatch (researcher)
• Language: Tachi
• Description: Cummins discusses (with musical transcription) another, very similar version and also gives a translation of the text (1978:46-48). See also 24-46. Rain-making ceremonies and use of charmstones are discussed in Latta (1949:200-209) and in Powers (1877:372-73). Performers for 24-115 are Josie Atwell and Leon Manuel, but the museum catalog does not identify which performers appear in each item. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Valley region, tape 3, side B.
• Availability: Digital content is not available. Please write to pahma-mediapermissions@berkeley.edu. Please specify as much information as possible about the recordings you are interested in, including the Item number (24-115.12).
• Collection: The James B. Hatch collection of California Indian sound recordings
• Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Status: deaccessioned
• Suggested citation: Rain Charm Song (Heteu henna), 24-115.12, in "The James B. Hatch collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/11004.