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Song for Sickness

  • Item identifier: 24-1678
  • Date: 1909
  • Contributors: Juan Dolores (consultant); Thomas T. Waterman (researcher)
  • Language: Tohono O'odham
  • Description: Museum catalog note: "Song used to expel evil spirit in sickness." Keeling catalog note: "For translation see Kroeber Papers (Carton 11; Notebook 92, p. 10." Original cylinder 14-1253. 150 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1678 by request.
  • Collection: The T.T. Waterman collection of California Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Song for Sickness, 24-1678, in "The T.T. Waterman collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14591.

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