Scope and content: Linguistic field recordings: songs/chants
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham. The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings, PHM 53, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/11053
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Acorn Song, 24-132.2, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14020
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Acorn Song, 24-132.1, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14009
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Steve Parrish. Batu (Doctoring) Song, 24-131.7, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14006
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Steve Parrish. Batu (Doctoring) Song, 24-131.6, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14005
Description: Spoken cues identify this as a recent song of its type, and the dance is best described in Meighan and Riddell (1972). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 9, side B.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Steve Parrish. Bighead Dance Song, 24-131.12, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13999
Description: Another recent Bighead song (women only on dancing). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 9, side B.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Steve Parrish. Bighead Song, 24-131.13, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14000
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Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Closing Dance Song (Gea hai no), 24-132.7, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14036
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Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Closing Song Out-Doors (Hoho lilan hoye), 24-132.8, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14037
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Description: Cue is ambiguous. The Whiskey Dance is evidently a post-contact phenomenon of which published sources tell us nothing. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Coming-Out Song (perhaps Whiskey Dance), 24-132.9, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14038
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Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Steve Parrish. Dua ke Song, 24-131.5, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14004
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Steve Parrish. Dua ke Song, 24-131.4, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14003
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.
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Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. Fifth song of the Bullhead dance as done at Colusa, 24-132.25, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14026
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.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. Finishing song of the Grindstone "Bullhead Dance"., 24-132.20, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14021
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.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. First Song of the Bullhead Dance, 24-132.14, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14014
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.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. First song of the Bullhead Dance as done at Colusa, 24-132.22, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14023
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.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. First song of the Bullhead dance as done at Grindstone, 24-132.16, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14016
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.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. Fourth song of the Bullhead dance as done at Colusa, 24-132.24, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14025
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.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. Fourth song of the Bullhead dance as done at Grindstone, 24-132.19, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14019
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Description: This begins with a spoken segment and sustained notes occur as in item #4. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Gambling Song, 24-132.6, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14035
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Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Gambling Song, 24-132.3, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14031
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Gambling Song, 24-132.5, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14034
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Description: Note sustained tones that occur in the middle of the song. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and William Graves. Gambling Song, 24-132.4, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14033
Description: Perhaps this Ghost Dance song pertains not to the messianic movement that reached California in the 1870s and again in the 1890s but rather to the indigenous Ghost (or Devil) Ceremony as described in Barrett (1917:403-23), Powers (1877:158-60 and 193-94), and Kroeber (1925:263-65). On the other hand, Goldschmidt does point out that the Nevada-influenced cult survived into the 1930s among the neighoring Nomlaki (1978:342). The vocal style (microtonal inflections, no pairing or phrases, etc.) is distinctly Californian and not at all typical of great basin Ghost Dance songs (RK). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. Ghost Dance Song, 24-132.13, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14013
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Description: Probably from Northeastern Pomo. Performers for 24-132 are William Graves and Oscar McDaniel, but the museum catalog does not identify which performers appear in each item. Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
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Preferred citation: Peter Abraham. Grass Game Song, 24-132.27, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14028
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Peter Abraham and Oscar McDaniel. Grass Game Song (from Grindstone), 24-132.29, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14030
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