Chuhuecha Song

• Item identifier: 24-1621
• Date: 1908
• Contributors: Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher); Achora Hanyava (performer); Leslie Wilbur (recorder)
• Language: Mojave (mov)
• Description: Museum (14- Catalogue) note: "At Avimelyehweke, younger brother returns with wife; 2nd song." Keeling catalog cites Kroeber's (1925:763-764) description of the Chuhuecha cycle: "The heroes of Chuhuecha are the two brothers called Hayunye, an insect, perhaps a cricket, that is said to sing the Chuecha now as it chirps." Distributed on California Indian Music Project, Southeast region, tape 17, side B. Original cylinder 14-1197. 180 speed.
• Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1621 by request.
• Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
• Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
• Suggested citation: Chuhuecha Song, 24-1621, 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/12567.

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