Brazil, Araguaia Region (Caraja) -- Catching Fish by Poisoning the Water
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.864; E00453
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, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960
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: caraja Indians gather liana plants and poison the water with the crushed plants. Swarms of small fish try to escape from the spreading poison. The next morning, the surface of the water is covered with stunned fish. Boys shoot the fish with bows and arrows, and the women gather the fish in baskets. The fish are taken back to the village, where they are baked together on large beds of sticks.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Araguaia Region ; South America; Caraja