Alysa Song

• Item identifier: 24-1604
• Date: 1908
• Contributors: Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher); Kunalye (performer); Leslie Wilbur (recorder)
• Language: Mojave (mov)
• Description: Keeling catalog cites Kroeber's (1925:766) description of the Alysa cycle: "Alysa is from the Kamia. The singer rattles, and men and women dance in a circle, an arrangement that is rare in native Mohave dances." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 17, side A. Original cylinder 14-1180. 180 speed.
• Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1604 by request.
• Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
• Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Suggested citation: Alysa Song, 24-1604, 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/12550.

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