Alysa Song

  • Item identifier: 24-1600
  • Date: 1908
  • Contributors: Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher); Kunalye (performer); Leslie Wilbur (recorder)
  • Language: Mojave (mov)
  • Description: Keeling catalog cites Kroeber's (1925:766) description of the Alysa cycle: "Alysa is from the Kamia. The singer rattles, and men and women dance in a circle, an arrangement that is rare in native Mohave dances." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 17, side A. Original cylinder 14-1176. 180 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1600 by request.
  • Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Alysa Song, 24-1600, in "The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/12546.

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