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4 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 165
ceremonies in China. It is found in various forms in Japan, Mexico,
Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and other countries, and was used by the
Negroes in Africa and by the Maya Indians.
ACOMA SONGS
The study of Acoma music was made possible in 1928 by the
courtesy of Dr. M. W. Stirling, director of the Bureau of American
Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution.
While Dr. Stirling was making ethnological studies with a group of
Acoma Indians in Washington, D. C, he had dictaphone records
made of 60 of their songs. The actual work of making the recordings
was done by Anthony Wilding, Dr. Stirling's assistant. All the songs
were sung by Philip Sanchez and interpreted by Wilbert Hunt, this
being done prior to the writer's arrival. Dr. Stirling (1942) published
the results of his studies with the Acoma in a bulletin of the Bureau
of American Ethnology, entitled "Origin Myth of Acoma and Other
Records."
The complete group consisted of Edward Hunt (Gi-rri), his wife
Maria (Shou-tu-wi) , their two sons Henry Hunt (Ed-wa) and Wilbert
Hunt (Tse-gi-se-wa), and Philip Sanchez (Ho-ni-ya), who, as stated,
was born at Santa Ana Pueblo and adopted as an infant at Acoma
(pi. 1, frontispiece).
Dr. Stirhng kindly made his recordings available for study, and 16
are included in the present series as part 1 . AU untranscribed records
were studied, and they contained no important peculiarities not in
the songs that are presented.
Twenty-four Acoma songs were later
recorded for the writer and are presented as part 2 (p. 20).
Additional details concerning Acoma songs and customs were
obtained in 1931, at Wisconsin Dells, Wis., from James Paytiamo, a
cousin of Wilbert Hunt living at Gloriata, N. Mex.
ACOMA SONGS: PART 1
The 16 songs in this section were recorded by PhUip Sanchez for
Dr. M. W. Stirling and, as stated, are presented with his permission.
The class or use of the song is generally indicated by its title.