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Myth about a Boy and Girl whose Mother and Father Were Killed and Cooked by Grizzlies, Barrett #3

  • Item identifier: 24-1376
  • Date: Jul 1907
  • Contributors: Lako Henry (consultant); S.A. Barrett (researcher)
  • Language: Yuki
  • Description: Museum (14- Catalogue) note: "As they watched the heads of their parents being cooked, the eyes in these heads popped out and flew over to a basket they had. The children took this and went away over to the east with it." Original cylinder 14-997. 180 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-1376 by request.
  • Collection: The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Myth about a Boy and Girl whose Mother and Father Were Killed and Cooked by Grizzlies, Barrett #3, 24-1376, in "The Samuel Barrett collection of California Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13351.

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