[Panama, Kuna Indians, 1970-1993] [sound recording] / collected by Joel Sherzer.

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[Panama, Kuna Indians, 1970-1993] [sound recording] / collected by Joel Sherzer.

Recording consists of stories, rituals, speeches, ethnological and linguistic information, and musical performances. Spoken and musical genres include stories and interpretations of stories, gathering house speeches, gathering house chants, personal narratives, curing chants, magical chants, lullabies, laments, panpipe music, play languages, counseling sessions, and spoken letters. Ethnological information includes general information about Kuna culture. Linguistic information consists of Kuna, ChocoĢan, and Guaymian grammar and vocabulary. Rituals consist of healing rites. Performances take place primarily in Kuna gathering houses and the homes of informants.

69 sound reels : analog, mono. ; 5 in. + documentation (60 p.)17 sound cassettes : analog, mono.11 videocassettes (super-VHS, NTSC) : sd.

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Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of Traditional Music

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Sherzer, Joel

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