A demonstration of traditional and contemporary handcrafted Tongva instruments by Robert Dorame.
Join us for a musical performance and demonstration of traditional and contemporary handcrafted Tongva instruments by Robert Dorame. Robert will demonstrate the different sounds and effects of these instruments, while performing his original songs inspired by his Tongva heritage, the Tongva language, as well as wax cylinder recordings of Tongva songs held by the Smithsonian.
Robert Dorame will be using the instruments exhibited in “The Iridescence of Knowing”, arranged in collaboration with Mercedes Dorame, including clapper sticks, bullroarer, rasp, turtle, can, deer hoof, gourd, and abalone shell rattles, all ranging from traditional to post-contact styles.
Open to all ages.
