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Finishing song of the Grindstone "Bullhead Dance".

  • Item identifier: 24-132.20
  • Date: Sep 1949
  • Contributors: Oscar McDaniel (consultant); Peter Abraham (researcher)
  • Language: Patwin (pwi)
  • Description: The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
  • Availability: Digital content is not available. Please write to pahma-mediapermissions@berkeley.edu. Please specify as much information as possible about the recordings you are interested in, including the Item number (24-132.20).
  • Collection: The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Status: deaccessioned
  • Suggested citation: Finishing song of the Grindstone "Bullhead Dance"., 24-132.20, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14021.