Ahta ("Cane") Song, Song telling of Mayu, Chemehuevi Carrying a Basket

• Item identifier: 24-1286
• Date: Feb 1908
• Contributors: Chiyerekavasuk (consultant); Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher)
• Language: Mojave (mov)
• Description: Museum (14- Catalogue) notes: "1) First song of what was said to be a series of three songs, omitted but properly following number 773 (i.e., 14-773, or 24-1155) 2) The series containing songs 904-906 (i.e. 24-1286 through 24-1288) is doubtful, having been added by the informant in obtaining the ceremony and later added by him when several other omitted songs were obtained." 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 13, side A. Original cylinder 14-904. 150 speed.
• Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1286 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, Song telling of Mayu, Chemehuevi Carrying a Basket, 24-1286, 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/12409.

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