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Description:Special care (including use of song and ritual) required to bless the feathers used in Sierra Miwok Kuksu ceremonies is described in Gifford (1955:266-68). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Sierra region, tape 16, side A and Valley region, tape 4, side B.
Collection: Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Song to the feathers, 24-118.15, in "Miscellaneous sound recordings from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12176.
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