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Chuhuecha Song

  • Item identifier: 24-1619
  • Date: 1908
  • Contributors: Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher); Achora Hanyava (performer); Leslie Wilbur (recorder)
  • Language: Mojave (mov)
  • Description: Museum (14- Catalogue) note: "At Analyekaga, 2nd song when twin is back." 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 14-1195. 180 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1619 by request.
  • Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Chuhuecha Song, 24-1619, 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/12565.

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