Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region (Makiritare) -- Plaiting a Basin
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.962; E01782
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 (5 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969
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: among the Makiritare, basketry is done largely by the men, who make the beautifully patterned plates for serving up manioc flat cakes. These plates are the most important artificial products of this tribe. Here we see the creation of such a Waha (guapa) by the three-strand twilling technique. The patterns represent animals in geometrical stylization and have a symbolic and mythologic meaning.
Legacy Keywords: Venezuela ; Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region ; South America; Makiritare