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Thunder Song

  • Item identifier: 24-2151
  • Date: Apr 1914
  • Contributors: Ishi (consultant); Alfred L. Kroeber (researcher)
  • Language: Yahi
  • Description: Museum catalog note: "Words: wapayi tepeya watipai tepeya." Keeling catalog note: "This is a repeat performance of the item on 24-2075 (14-1707). Nettl provides a separate musical transcription (1965)." Original cylinder 14-1828. 150 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-2151 by request.
  • Collection: The Alfred L. Kroeber collection of American Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Thunder Song, 24-2151, 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/13131.

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14-1828.txt (7680 bytes)
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