Passamaquoddy song of the Snake Dance [sound recording] / sung by Noel Joseph

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Summary: 
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR26
Description: 

FCP notes: Announcement: "Song of the Snake Dance, by Newell Josephs [sic], taken by J. Walter Fewkes on the 15th of March, 1890."

Related Fewkes' fieldnotes are located at the National Anthropological Archives (ms. 4408:9) p. 3-5, 57.

Introduction in English, song in Passamaquoddy language.

Location Description: 

Calais (Me.)

Protocol: 
American Folklife Center Library of Congress Public Access
Community: 
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category: 
Dances, Songs
Keywords: 
Songs, Field recordings, Cylinder recordings
Collections: 
1890 Passamaquoddy Phonograph Recordings
Original Date Description: 
Recorded in Calais, Maine on March 15, 1890 by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Original Date: 
1890 March 15th
Creator: 
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930, recordist, speaker, Joseph, Noel, performer
Language: 
English, Passamaquoddy
Rights: 
Rights are held by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Traditional Knowledge Labels: 
Source: 
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings (AFC 1972/003: SR26) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. https://lccn.loc.gov/2015655575
Identifier: 
Cylinder 4257; AFS 14738: A15; RKF 1740; AFC 1972/003: SR26
Subject: 
Passamaquoddy Indians--Maine--Calais, Indians of North America--Northeastern States, Passamaquoddy Indians--Folklore, Passamaquoddy--Music, Songs, Passamaquoddy, Snake dance, Indian dance--Northeastern States
Type: 
Sound Recording
Format: 
1 sound cylinder (2:42 min.), 3.75 in