Venezuela (Waica) -- Making a Bow
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.971; E00129
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (11 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: wood for the bow is cut from the trunk of a palm tree. After further hewing and polishing, the bow is rubbed with the juice of crushed leaves and is dyed red. The strings are made from bark bast and are finally stretched onto the bow.
Legacy Keywords: Venezuela ; Venezuela ; South America; Waica