22513 20201201154531.0 (miscmat)00615 ynn iso639-3 Excerpt From Cylinder 14-1679: Description of Fishing Original Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology September 1, 1911 1911-09-01 Audio Ishi (c. 1861 – March 25, 1916) was a native Californian from the Yahi tribe, and the last surviving member of his culture. “Ishi” is Yahi for man, and was the name given to him by Kroeber and his colleagues. Ishi became acquainted with Alfred Kroeber in 1911, after being discovered in Oroville and brought back to San Francisco. During his time at the UC anthropology museum, he was recorded on 148 wax cylinders totaling 5 hours and 41 minutes. As the last member of his tribe, his wax cylinder recordings are important tools for researching the lost Yahi language. An excerpt from a recording of Ishi describing fishing. https://avplayer.lib.berkeley.edu/irene/(miscmat)00307 Play Audio Miscmat 00:01:00 14-1679_excerpt.mp3