Ahta ("Cane") Song, 2nd song at Amaily kuyovek

• Item identifier: 24-1159
• Date: Feb 1908
• Contributors: Chiyerekavasuk (consultant); Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher)
• Language: Mojave (mov)
• Description: Keeling catalog note: "A musical transcription among Kroeber papers (Carton 10)." Keeling catalog note: "This cycle, also called 'tall cane' or Ahta'-amalya'e, is a long series with more plot than most, according to Kroeber. The singer strikes a double beat on a Chemehuevi basket with a stick. There is no dancing (Kroeber 1925:764)." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 9, side B. Original cylinder 14-777. 150 speed.
• Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1159 by request.
• Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
• Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Suggested citation: Ahta ("Cane") Song, 2nd song at Amaily kuyovek, 24-1159, in "The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12282.

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