Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region (Waica) -- Snuffing "Yopo" Powder
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.983; E01808
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 (7 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969
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: a young assistant from Bisha-ashi-teri uses a blowpipe to blow yopo snuffing powder into the nostrils of an older witch doctor. The witch doctor then takes slow dancing steps and swings his arms in imitation of various animal spirits, whom he simultaneously summons in song.
Legacy Keywords: Venezuela ; Venezuela, Orinoco Head Water Region ; South America; Waica