Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo
name: label: Creator
content: Asch, Timothy
label: Creator
content: Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Venezuela
label: Place
content: Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon in 1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Asch, Timothy
label: Creator
content: Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-
culture: label: Culture
content: Yanomamö (Yanomamo)
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content: Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon films of the Yanomamo
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 121 Film reels (color sound; 95,866 feet, 16mm)
label: Extent
content: Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1984.16
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
bibliography: label: Selected Bibliography
content: Chagnon, Napoleon A. 1977.  -- Ya̦nomamö, the fierce people. --  New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 

Cohen, Hart. 1979. "The Ax Fight: Mapping Anthropology on Film."  -- Cine Tracts: A Journal of Film and Cultural Studies. --  2(2): 61-73.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film documentation of the Yanomamo Indians of southern Venezuela shot by Timothy Asch and Napolean Chagnon.  Collection also contains camera and sound logs, correspondence, production notes, sound recordings, and related publications.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the Timothy Asch papers.