MS 2008-14 Wax cylinder recordings of Native American songs and dances, ca. 1910
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2008-14
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Songs and music
culture: label: Culture
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Culture
content: Kiowa
label: Culture
content: Sioux
label: Culture
content: Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Sound recordings (wax cylinders, approximately 4 x 2 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Steve Elliot. From the estate of Robert N. Wilkinson, a Boulder, Colorado radio station owner and collector of old radios and phonographs. There is no provenance documentation. Wilkinson told the donor that he bought an Edison cylinder player in Arizona and the store owner included the cylinders in the purchase.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2008-14
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Cylinders (sound recordings)
label: Type
content: Field recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Cylinders (sound recordings)
label: Genre/Form
content: Field recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection is comprised of thirteen (13) original recordings of American Indian songs and dances, recorded on two-minute Edison Blanks wax cylinders. Eight of the cylinders are in pristine condition. Two are cracked and cannot be played. Contents are marked on individual cylinders in pencil or black ink: 1) The last Owl Dance; 2) Two flute songs; 3) Sioux flute 2 loves; 4) Sioux love song; 5) Kiowa love songs; 6) Sirecha Dance; 7) Flute love lullaby; 8) Flute on the bridge; 9) War dance; 10) Buffalo dance; 11) Song before fight; 12) Indian flute. a love song, played by Turkey Leggs. (Cheyene); 13) Owl Dance song.