Akwaka ("Deer") Song

• Item identifier: 24-1583
• 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 B. Original cylinder 14-1159. 180 speed.
• Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1583 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, 24-1583, 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/12529.

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