Brazil, Upper Xingu (Waura) -- Extracting the Dyestuff "Urucu"
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.918; E00992
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 (8 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964
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: in a village on Rio Batovi, the fruits of the urucu bush ( Bixa orellana) are harvested. The fruit is scraped and beaten in a water mixture; then the seeds are removed. The red liquid is thickened over a fire until it becomes an oily dye.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Upper Xingu ; South America; Waura