Girls' Puberty Song

  • Item identifier: 24-1685
  • Date: 1909
  • Contributors: Juan Dolores (consultant); Thomas T. Waterman (researcher)
  • Language: Tohono O'odham
  • Description: Museum (14- Catalogue) note: "Sung about midnight." Keeling catalog note: "Recorded with rubbing of notched stick for accompaniment. For translation see Kroeber Papers (Carton 11; Notebook 92, pp. 28-31)." Original cylinder 14-1259a. 150 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1685 by request.
  • Collection: The T.T. Waterman collection of California Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Girls' Puberty Song, 24-1685, 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/14598.

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