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Ahta ("Cane") Song, 1st song about Haompauve monster

  • Item identifier: 24-1249
  • Date: Feb 1908
  • Contributors: Chiyerekavasuk (consultant); Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher)
  • Language: Mojave (mov)
  • Description: 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 12, side A. Original cylinder 14-867. 150 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1249 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, 1st song about Haompauve monster, 24-1249, 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/12372.

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