Smithsonian products
Browse 9 product entries preserved from this site’s saved catalogue. Listed prices are historical and do not confirm current availability.
 A World of ButterfliesDiscover a world of fleeting beauty and pattern, captured in 245 breathtaking, full color close-ups by retired National Museum of Natural History naturalist/researcher, Kjell Sandved. Gorgeous on the coffee table, small enough for a field trip. Includes habitat, range and habits of each butterfly.
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 Bandera Ma: Songs of ArgentinaIn Bandera Ma, "My Flag," veteran folksinger, songwriter, and guitarist Suni Paz paints a melodious musical mosaic of favorite Argentine folk rhythms, including tango, chacarera, bailecito, carnavalito, gato, zamba, and vidalita. Original arrangements and artful interpretations give new life to classic forms adopted by the pan-Latin American folk revival and pay inspired tribute to Argentinas powerful musical heritage.
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 Healing Dance Music of the Kalahari SanAmong the Kung San people from the northwestern Kalahari Desert region, music helps a spiritual healer enter into a religious trance. Men and women chant, sing, clap rhythmically and drum; and when the music "heats up" enough to send a healer into the realm between human and spirit worlds, all who attend the dance are healed of their illnesses. Recorded between 1968 and 1972 by American anthropologists.
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 Healing Songs of the American IndiansThese examples will show the close relation between music and medicine among the Indians and the deep faith of these primitive peoples in the healing powers of music.
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 Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations WomenPowerful living music from Native women in the United States and Canada includes performances rarely heard beyond these artists communities. Ceremonial and social songs traditionally sung by women, other music now performed by women, and material that combines traditional and contemporary themes and musical forms. Thirty-four selections present a seamless range of solo, choral, and instrumental pieces, forming pulsating and driving music, the heart of Indian Country.
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 Music of the Indians of PanamaThe Cuna or Tule, who call themselves the "Golden People," live principally in the Archipelago of San Blas and the mouth of the Bayano and Chucunaque rivers in Panama. Although the Cuna are technically "Panamanian" citizens, they have achieved one of the most positive arrangements of any indigenous people in the world today by having almost complete sovereignty over their own lands and affairs. The Chocoe live in the Darin province of Panama and in the Department of Choc in Colombia. They are basically a nomadic people but have established permanent residences in various locations.
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 Songs and Music of TibetTibet is the highest country in the world with most of its land lying between three and five miles above sea level. The music on this record was recorded in a camp in Nepal by Tibetan singers and musicians. The music represents excerpts from much longer versions of both eastern and western Tibet.
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 The Royal Tahitian Dance CompanyRoyal Tahitian dance music from French Polynesia.
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 Y Que Viva Venezuela! Maestros del Joropo Orienta"Music that has roots, that has identity, has a powerful strength," says musician-producer Aquiles Bez about the joropo oriental of eastern Venezuela. Amid the anonymous global musical mix, masters of this string-driven, highly improvised, local music spin out endless threads of artful melody woven into a rich rhythmic fabric. This all-star group of Venezuelan masters applies a rainbow of soundsguitars unique to the region, button accordion, violin, maracas, bass, and drumsto paint a panorama of a rediscovered, powerful musical tradition on the ascendance.
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