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Akwaka ("Deer") Song

  • Item identifier: 24-1578
  • Date: 1908
  • Contributors: Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher); Kunalye (performer); Leslie Wilbur (recorder)
  • Language: Mojave (mov)
  • Description: Keeling catalog note: "Kroeber states that the Akwaka ('Deer') cycle is sung with a gourd rattle accompaniment and is comparatively short (that is, short enough to be completed within one night). He also provides a plot summary and a translation of the text of the last song in the series (1925:762-763)." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 16, side A. Original cylinder 14-1154. 180 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1578 by request.
  • Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Akwaka ("Deer") Song, 24-1578, 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/12524.

Digital assets in this Item (available by request):
14-1154.txt (8705 bytes)
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