Sibaca 9

Content description	Contents [Unless otherwise noted, the recording speed is normally 3.75 ips.]: Track 1: [Pencilled notations impossible to read.] In ink: "3 ¾ ips half-track (recorded on both sides)" a) Man (Williams?), speaking Tzeltal, engages in conversation with an unnamed native speaker (male). b) Man (Williams?), speaking Tzeltal, engages in conversation with unnamed native speakers (male). (In the background other men carry on conversations.) Track 2: a) A native speaker (female) tells a story in Tzeltal [She was recorded at some irregular speed that was less than 3.75 ips; the recording is very poor.] b) An elderly man speaks ex tempore in Tzeltal [He was recorded at some irregular speed that was less than 3.75 ips; the recording is very poor.] c) An unerased recording d) A group of young men, speaking Tzeltal, engage in a lively exchange (recorded at 3.75 ips). e) An unnamed woman (Esther Hermitte?), speaking Spanish, reads from the standard vocabulary list, and a native speaker (male) supplies the Tzeltal equivalents. f) A native speaker (male) tells a story in Tzeltal. g) Williams (?), speaking Tzeltal, engages in a conversation with a native speaker (male).
Object Type	PhysicalObject
Medium	1/4 inch audio tape
Contributor	Unnamed native speakers (male and female) (consultant); Williams, Gerald E. (?) (interviewer); Hermitte, Esther (?) (interviewer)
Notes	Track 1 of the recording is almost certainly the original field recording (sound is very clear). The last 11 minutes of Track 2 also appear to be a live recording, but the rest of the track almost certainly consists of a series of dubs from other sources.
Discourse Type	Interactive Discourse Narrative
Linguistic Data Type	Field Recording
Creation Date	c. 1961

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