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Himba (Südwestafrika, Kaokoland) - Herstellung von Palmblattfasern

Formal Metadata

Title
Himba (Südwestafrika, Kaokoland) - Herstellung von Palmblattfasern
Alternative Title
Himba (Southwest Africa, Kaokoland) - Making of Palm-Leaf Fibres
Author
Identifiers
IWF SignatureE 3142
Publisher
Release Date1995
LanguageOriginal sound, no spoken text
Producer
Production Year1989

Technical Metadata

IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, LT, 115 m ; F, 10 1/2 min

Content Metadata

Subject Area
Genre
Abstract
German
German
Frauen mit Kindern kauen die Blätter der Palme Hyphaena ventricosa und gewinnen so die Fasern, die sie bündeln, aufhängen und dann über die Oberschenkel zu Fäden drillen.
English
English
Women with children chew the leaves of the palm Hyphaena ventricosa and thus obtain its fibres, which they bundle, hang up and then twist to threads across their thighs.
Keywords
German
German
English
English
IWF Classification
German
German
English
English