-
Search in All Gallica
-
Search in Books
-
Search in Manuscripts
-
Search in Maps
-
Search in Images
-
Search in Periodicals
-
Search in Sound recordings
-
Search in Scores
Full record
Title : Annual report of the Bureau of American ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian institution
Author : Bureau of American ethnology (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Government printing office (Washington)
Date of publication : 1895-1964
Contributor : Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902). Directeur de publication
Type : texte,publication en série imprimée
Language : English
Format : application/pdf
Copyright : domaine public
Identifier : ark:/12148/cb37575968z/date
Identifier : ISSN 0097269X
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France
Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37575968z
Description : Périodicité : Annuel
Description : Etat de collection : n. 1 (1879)-n. 48 (1931)
Provenance : bnf.fr
1924 (N42)-1925. Note : Index.
(Screen 24 / 930)
Order
Pour obtenir un tirage de ce document ou le fichier numérique en haute définition auprès du departement de la Reproduction de la BnF : Cliquer ici
Send by e-mail
Search module
Search results
Search this document
Rechercher dans ce périodique
The text below has been produced using a process called optical character recognition (O.C.R.). Since it is an automatic process, it is subject to errors you might find in this page.
The recognition rate for this document is 89.08 %.
16 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY
of forms of primitive music which, it is believed, have not
hitherto been described. The Tule Indians are unique in
that they do not pound on a drum, a pole, or any other object.
Their favorite instrument is the "pan pipe" of reeds. Two
men usually play these pipes, sounding alternate tones. The
music of these pan pipes was phonographically recorded and
transcribed as nearly as is possible in musical notation. An
instrument which, as far as known, has not been previously
observed, is a reed mite having two finger holes but no
"whistle opening." The upper end of the reed is held inside
the mouth, possibly touching the roof of the mouth, and for
this reason the instrument is designated as a "mouth flute."
A gourd rattle, conch shell horn, and bone whistle complete
the musical instruments of these Indians.
The words of the songs narrate a series of events, such as
the preparation for a wedding and a description of the fes-
tivity, or the illness and death of a man, followed by "talk-
ing to his spirit." Chief Igwa Nigidibippi, who recorded the
songs, was a trained singer.
EDITORIAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS
The editing of the publications of the bureau was continued
through the year by Mr. Stanley Searles, editor, assisted by
Mrs. Frances S. Nichols, editorial assistant. The status of
the publications is presented in the following summary:
PUBLICATIONS ISSUED
Thirty-eighth Annual Report. Accompanying paper: An Introduc-
tory Study of the Arts, Crafts, and Customs of the Guiana Indians,
by Walter E. Roth. 745 pp., 183 pls., 341 figs.
Thirty-ninth Annual Report. Accompanying paper: The Osage
Tribe: The Rite of Vigil, by Francis La Flesche. 636 pp., 17 pls.,
4 figs.
Bulletin78. Hana.Dook of the Indians of California, by A. L. Kroeber.
x, 995 pp., 83 pls., 78 figs.
PUBLICATIONS IN PRESS OR IN PREPARATION
Fortieth Annual Report. Accompanying papers: The Mythical
Origin of thé White Buffalo Dance of the Fox Indians; The Auto-
biography of a Fox Indian Woman; Notes on Fox Mortuary Cus-
toms and Beliefs; Notes on the Fox Society Known as Those Who
Worship thé Little Spotted Buffalo"; The Traditional Origin of the
Fox Society Known as "The Singing Around Rite" (~ichelson).
Share
Add to your collection
