16mm Filmography
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Climbing the Peach Palm

Shows a young Yanomamo Indian man using an ingenious climbing frame to collect the fruit of the rasha tree. Illustrates how this device made of crossed sticks allows him to climb the tree and avoid its sharp spines. Observes the young man as he picks the fruit, lowers it by vines, and then climbs down the tree.

More in Yanomamo Series

  1. The Feast 1970
  2. Tapir Distribution 1971
  3. Magical Death 1973
  4. A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock 1974
  5. A man called "Bee" : studying the Yanomamo 1974
  6. Children's Magical Death 1974
  7. Climbing the Peach Palm 1974
  8. Firewood 1974
  9. Ocamo Is My Town 1974
  10. Weeding the Garden 1974
  11. A Father Washes His Children 1975
  12. Arrow Game 1975
  13. Moonblood : a Yanomamo creation myth as told by Dedeheiwa 1975
  14. Myth Of Naro As Told By Kaobawa 1975
  15. The Ax fight 1975
  16. The Yanomamo Myth of Naro as Told by Dedeheiwa 1975
  17. Tug Of War 1975
  18. Yanomamo Indians - Moonblood 1975
  19. Jaguar and the Revenge of the Twins as Told By Daramasiwa 1976
  20. Bride service Cont
  21. New Tribes Mission Cont
  22. Tug of war Cont

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record

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