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songs of the Kurok, and several cremation songs of the Mohave, 

 which showed interesting differences from those of the Yuma, were 

 recorded. 



Miss Densmore's study inckided war customs, the songs used in 

 treating the sick, those of the maturity ceremony of young girls, those 

 connected with folk tales, and several long cycles of songs sung at 



Fig. 141. — Kachora, a Yuma. His long hair is wound like a turban around 

 his head. ( Photograph by Miss Densmore. ) 



tribal dances, or for pleasure without dancing. These songs are 

 interesting, many of them being pure melody without tonality. The 

 words are exceptionally poetic and concern birds, insects and animals, 

 as well as rivers and mountains. The work among the Yuma was 

 aided by Kachora (fig. 141), a prominent member of the tribe. 



A trip was made to a Cocopa village in the extreme southwestern 

 portion of Arizona, near the Colorado River and only a few miles 



