Brazil, Upper Xingu (Waura) -- Extracting Salt Out of Water Plants
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.917; E00991
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 (18 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964
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: during the dry season, quantities of aquatic plants (Eichhornia azurea) are collected from the lake, dried, and burnt to ashes. The ashes are washed and the solution later evaporates, causing light-gray potassium salt to remain.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Upper Xingu ; South America; Waura