Shuar of Ecuador film
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1978.3.1
name: label: Creator
content: Biava, Vincent
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Ecuador
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Mary Ryan in 1978.
creator: label: Creator
content: Biava, Vincent
culture: label: Culture
content: Shuar
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (25 minutes, black-and-white silent; 590 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1936
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Jivaro Indians of Ecuador ca. 1936."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1978.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage taken among the Shuar (Jivaro) Indians near the confluence of the Zamora and Nangarisa rivers north of Loja, province of Zamora Chinchipe, southern Ecuador. Footage includes: prospecting party on horseback in the foothills north of Loja; aerial shots over the mountains; contact scenes between prospectors and Shuar; posed shots of adults and children around Shuar communal houses; Shuar men building a large communal house (setting posts, climbing posts, and lashing crossmembers with lianas); woman making a clay pot by coil method; women making and distributing nijimanche (fermented yucca beer); taking meals; women with lip plugs and men in feathered headdresses; river scenes including swimming and bathing; Shuar and prospectors in dugout canoes; prospectors and Shuar at each others' encampments; and Shuar men with rifles and other evidence of cultural contact.

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