. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENSMORB] YUMAN AND YAQUI MUSIC 167 type.^^ The dancers were described as wearing paint and feathers. They stood in their places and the dance motion consisted of " bend- ing the knees and stooping ; The singer faced the east, according to the custom in Yuma dances. No. 97. Song Concerning the Meadow Lark and the Diver (Catalogue No. 1236) I Recorded by Katcora Voice J : 60 1 (2)_ (3) '_ (3) "J 1— Rattle J n i J J J r] J -n. J n n J -n J n J (1) I r (1) Hk i r C/mwiTLj^iclr^i^-^ J n J Ji J Ji J n J -n (1) (1) i^M^^-f-^^^^m^^ n i n J n ^ n ^ n (3 (1) (1
. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENSMORB] YUMAN AND YAQUI MUSIC 167 type.^^ The dancers were described as wearing paint and feathers. They stood in their places and the dance motion consisted of " bend- ing the knees and stooping ; The singer faced the east, according to the custom in Yuma dances. No. 97. Song Concerning the Meadow Lark and the Diver (Catalogue No. 1236) I Recorded by Katcora Voice J : 60 1 (2)_ (3) '_ (3) "J 1— Rattle J n i J J J r] J -n. J n n J -n J n J (1) I r (1) Hk i r C/mwiTLj^iclr^i^-^ J n J Ji J Ji J n J -n (1) (1) i^M^^-f-^^^^m^^ n i n J n ^ n ^ n (3 (1) (1) ^Vb^r Cj'i[:C£fr ^^'Pir r^-f^;^^ J n J ri J n : n " Dances of the " Pleiades " type stand apart from nil others as being primarily dance singings. They are connected with two long myths. " The Pleiades singer stands under a shade with his back to the sun. Behind him young men stand abreast, and behind these their elders. They wear rabbit-skin ropes over their shoulders. Facing the singer are a row of girls and one of older women. All sing with him for a time. Then he ceases, but they continue to dance. They bend and raise the body, make a long stride forward with the right knee elevated, bend again, and step back. As the men step backward, the women step forward, and vice ; (Kroeber, Handbook of the Indians of California, Bull. 78, Bur. Amer. Ethn., pp. 764-765.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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