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Betrothal Song

  • Item identifier: 24-2591
  • Date: May 1925
  • Contributors: Kiwanlechyuma (consultant); Derrik N. Lehmer (researcher)
  • Language: Hopi (hop)
  • Description: Museum (14- Catalogue) note: "Describes, according to Herbert Yestewa, the meditations of a prospective bridegroom who remembers all the things he will have to give up on getting married." Original cylinder 14-2388. 180 speed.
  • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-2591 by request.
  • Collection: The D.N. Lehmer collection of American Indian sound recordings
  • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Suggested citation: Betrothal Song, 24-2591, in "The D.N. Lehmer collection of American Indian sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/13694.

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