Brazil, Upper Xingu (Suya) -- Extracting Salt Out of Water Plants
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.904; E00446
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 (10 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: water plants are gathered, dried, and burned into ashes. A Suya prepares a sieve; his wife fills it with the ashes and pours water through them. The resulting product is permitted to slowly vaporize in a clay pot over a fire, until a brown potash salt remains.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Upper Xingu ; South America; Suya