Wax cylinder recording

Museum number:
14-1013
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21140001013
Alternate number:
24-1418 (associated catalog number)
Accession number:
Acc.400A and Acc.400 [DEFUNCT] see 400 series minor accessions
Description:
(1) Doctor song; (2) Doctor song for hunting. When a man gets unlucky he hires a man to sing this song for him; (3) Song sung by doctor in curing a poisoned man (i.e., a man poisoned according to Indian custom). Sung with Cocoon rattle. Obtained with horn and tube.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley Reservation, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Round Valley Reservation
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Maker or artist:
Frank Gray
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Audio cylinders
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Production date:
July 1907
Accession date:
1907
Keeling series number:
13
Department:
Audio recordings
Dimensions:
duration 32 seconds
Title:
(1) Doctor song; (2) Doctor song for hunting. When a man gets unlucky he hires a man to sing this song for him; (3) Song sung by doctor in curing a poisoned man (Title)
Comment:
Original
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wax cylinder recording, accession number 14-1013, described as (1) Doctor song; (2) Doctor song for hunting. When a man gets unlucky he hires a man to sing this song for him; (3) Song sung by doctor in curing a poisoned man (i.e., a man poisoned according to Indian custom). Sung with Cocoon rattle. Obtained with horn and tube. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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