"Frog" Song

• Item identifier: 24-1573
• Date: 1908
• Contributors: Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher); Ateyeg (performer); Leslie Wilbur (recorder)
• Language: Mojave (mov)
• Description: Keeling catalog note: "The 'Frog' cycle is described by Herzog as follows: '(The) series is accompanied with the scraping of a basket. The rendition is with a peculiar, almost crying effect of the voice. The story deals with the travels of Frog' (1928:186)." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 16, side A. Original cylinder 14-1149. 180 speed.
• Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1573 by request.
• Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
• Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Suggested citation: "Frog" Song, 24-1573, 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/12519.

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