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Yanomamo of the Orinoco / by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Yanomamo series
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- South American Indian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Yanomamo Indians.
- Indians of South America--Venezuela.
- Indians of South America.
- Rain forests.
- Venezuela.
- Indians of South America--Brazil.
- Brazil.
- Rain forests--South America.
- South America.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (29 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2004, 1987.
- Language Note:
- Yanomamo, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This video utilizes film footage from the extensive series of Napoleon Chagnon and Timothy Asch. It was made in conjunction with seventh grade geography teachers in Wayland, Massachusetts schools, to show land use in a South American rain forest. It depicts many of the daily activities of the Yanomamo Indians such as slash-and-burn gardening, body decorating, gathering firewood, bathing in the river and preparing for a feast.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on March 12, 2012).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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