Brazil, Upper Paraguay (Umotina) -- Death Cult Dances
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.910; E00074
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 (4 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945
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 three of the seventeen different death cult dances of the Umotina Indians, which are performed in a forest clearing next to the mask-house. The mask dancers are always men and are accompanied musically by women.
Legacy Keywords: Brazil ; Brazil, Upper Paraguay ; South America; Umotina