Primitive Peoples of the Matto Grosso
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1991.21.9
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Explorers Club
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content: Explorers Club films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (16 minutes, black-and-white sound; 576 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film by Ted Nemith records a University Museum expedition (University of Pennsylvania) to Paraguay and Xingu rivers in Brazil. Footage includes Carib, Trumai, Tupi, Arawok, Tapuya, and other settlements along rivers; house building; weaving; making manioc bread; puberty ceremony dance; and artifacts from the region in the Museum's collections. Film is narrated by Lowell Thomas.