Brazil, Xingu Head Water Region (Yaulapiti) -- Catching Fish by Poisoning the Water
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.924; E00318
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 (3 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
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: shows a common method of catching fish in the Xingu area. Entrances to a lagoon have been blocked off with branches. Yaulapiti men stand in a semicircle in the water and shake bundles of liana vines in the water. After a few hours, the poison from the liana juice takes effect, and stunned fish rise to the surface where they are collected. In the meantime, men teach some of the older children how to shoot with bow and arrow.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Xingu Head Water Region ; South America; Yaulapiti