The bulk of the audio cassettes in this series are recordings Zorn made at festivals and fiestas, or holidays, during her time in Andean Bolivia and Peru in the late 1980's. Many of the recordings feature traditional Andean istruments which include the charango, a stringed instrument, sikus, pan pipes and quenas, flutelike instruments. The sikuri style of music includes several siku players accompanied by a drummer. There are several different styles of sikuris, one recorded by Zorn is called Jula Jula.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Due to their fragile nature, the Audio-Visual materials in this collection are closed to researchers until they have been digitized.
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
