Brazil, Araguaia Region (Caraja) -- Catching an Arapaima Gigas with a Trawling Net
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.865; E00454
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 (14 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: on the way to a fishing expedition, Caraja men first stop by a sandbank to dig up some tasty tortoise eggs (Podocnemis). Then a large net is anchored across the lake. Men drive the bonytongue fish (Arapaima gigas) into the net by beating the water with long poles. Once a fish is caught in the net, a diver retrieves it and brings it to the surface, where it is killed by another fisherman with an axe.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Araguaia Region ; South America; Caraja