“Papago Music” BAE Bulletin 90

Government Printing Office, Washington: 1929

This original 1929 hardbound edition of the BAE Publication “Bulletin 90” is in excellent condition and in the original green binding as issued.

From the Foreword:

The songs of a desert people are here presented, and will be found to contain interesting contrasts to the songs of the woodland, prairie, and high plateau tribes previously considered. The Papago are a gentle, agricultural tribe lining in Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona. Their songs were recorded at San Xavier, Sells, and Vomari, on the Papago Reservation in Arizona, during the spring of 1920 and the following winter.

Contents:

There are 167 songs, 19 plates, and 4 text figures presented. Titles of a few of the 167 songs are:

Song of Coyote after the flood, Song concerning the talking tree, Song to overcome fear, Song when restoring a boy to life, Song to make the boy invisible, Song concerning the black snake, Song concerning the lost children, Song before an expedition to obtain salt, Song before starting on the warpath, Song to bring the clouds.

There are songs connected with legends, songs used in the treatment of the sick, songs connected with ceremonies, songs connected with expeditions to obtain salt, war songs, and songs of the kicking ball race, songs of the bat dance, dream songs, hunting songs, songs for the entertainment of children, and miscellaneous songs.