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Chuhuecha Song (1908)

Item number: 24-1611
Contributors: Achora Hanyava (performer), Leslie Wilbur (recorder), A.L. Kroeber (researcher)
Language: Mojave
Duration: 1 minute, 49 seconds
Description: Keeling catalog cites Kroeber's (1925:763-764) description of the Chuhuecha cycle: "The heroes of Chuhuecha are the two brothers called Hayunye, an insect, perhaps a cricket, that is said to sing the Chuecha now as it chirps." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 17, side A. Original cylinder 14-1187. 180 speed.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology