Amazon Region, Upper Solimoes (Tucuna) -- Making Bark Cloth
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.908; E00279
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 (22 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960
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 Tucuna Indians preparing and painting a piece of bark bast for the initiation celebration for the girls of the tribe. The inner bast layer is removed from the trunk of a tree and is carefully washed, dried, and stretched. Red and green dyes are prepared, and the bast is decorated with colorful animal drawings.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Amazon Region, Upper Solimoes ; South America; Tucuna