Beginning of Nyohaiva myth and 1st song of the Miakwaorva group

• Item identifier: 24-757
• Date: Nov 1905
• Contributors: Aspa-sakam (consultant); Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher)
• Language: Mojave (mov)
• Description: Keeling catalog notes: "Mythic content of Nyohaiva song-seris is summarized in Kroeber (1925:761). It is a tale of war, sung without gourd rattle accompaniment, and the other singer stands leaning on a stick. For transcriptions of both the song and its text, see Kroeber Papers (Carton 4; Notebook 62, pp. 54 [song] and 65 [myth])." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 7, side B. Original cylinder 14-228. 150 speed.
• Relations to this item: Kroeber.002 references this Item
• Availability: Online access to Item number 24-757 by request.
• Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
• Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Suggested citation: Beginning of Nyohaiva myth and 1st song of the Miakwaorva group, 24-757, 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/12870.

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