Open reel audiotape

Museum number:
24-125
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21240000125
Accession number:
Acc.1252, Acc.1488, and Acc.1962
Description:
Tape. Jivaro / Jibaro music; Calls; Rapid male and female conversion; Greeting a stranger Bamboo trombone with variable pitch; Whistling and pulsating singing with shaker and macaw (?) imitation; Snare drum; Part-singing and woman; Man’s solo; Part-song, 2 or more men and women; Song with periodic drumming of hand sticks; part-song, men and women with animal imitations; female solo song; 2 flutes or whistles
Donor:
Catherine Callaghan, Michael J. Harner, University Appropriation, and various collectors
Verbatim coll. place:
Upper Amazon (Ecuador)
Culture or time period:
Achuar and Jivaro
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Collection date:
1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Audio reel tapes, Drums (membranophones), Flutes (aerophones), Trombones (trumpets), and Whistles
Function:
7.2 Sound Communication
Accession date:
1958, 1962, and 1964
Department:
Audio recordings
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Open reel audiotape, accession number 24-125, described as Tape. Jivaro / Jibaro music; Calls; Rapid male and female conversion; Greeting a stranger Bamboo trombone with variable pitch; Whistling and pulsating singing with shaker and macaw (?) imitation; Snare drum; Part-singing and woman; Man’s solo; Part-song, 2 or more men and women; Song with periodic drumming of hand sticks; part-song, men and women with animal imitations; female solo song; 2 flutes or whistlesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Open reel audiotape, accession number 24-125, described as Tape. Jivaro / Jibaro music; Calls; Rapid male and female conversion; Greeting a stranger Bamboo trombone with variable pitch; Whistling and pulsating singing with shaker and macaw (?) imitation; Snare drum; Part-singing and woman; Man’s solo; Part-song, 2 or more men and women; Song with periodic drumming of hand sticks; part-song, men and women with animal imitations; female solo song; 2 flutes or whistles

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