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Waika (Venezuela, Orinoco-Quellgebiet) - Spinnen von Baumwolle

Formal Metadata

Title
Waika (Venezuela, Orinoco-Quellgebiet) - Spinnen von Baumwolle
Alternative Title
Waica (Venezuela, Orinoco Headwaters Region) - Spinning Cotton
Author
License
No Open Access License:
German copyright law applies. This film may be used for your own use but it may not be distributed via the internet or passed on to external parties.
Identifiers
IWF SignatureE 1801
Publisher
Release Date1975
LanguageSilent film
Producer
Production Year1969

Technical Metadata

IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, 63 m ; F, 6 min

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Subject Area
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Abstract
German
German
Frauen aus Bisha-ashi-teri pflücken Baumwollkapseln, entkernen sie und formen sie zu Ringen. In der Hängematte sitzend spinnen sie mit einer freihängenden Handspindel (30-40 cm lang, Kalebassenwirtel, Widerhaken) einen rechtsgedrehten Faden, nachdem die Spindel auf dem rechten Oberschenkel mit der rechten Handfläche von hinten nach vorne rasch angedreht wurde (Bakairi-I-Methode).
English
English
Two women gather cotton bolls in the plantation, seperate in a basket the cotton from its seeds, arrange the cotton wool in rings and spin it on a spindle suspended in the air, to which they have imparted a rotary motion by rolling it on the tigh.
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German
German
English
English
IWF Classification
German
German
English
English