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About
A village headman, Moawa, weaves a cotton hammock while his wife swings in her own hammock, occasionally touching his leg in a loving gesture. She watches and teases him while playing with their baby.
A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock was restored by DER with funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
This film is included on the Yanomamö Shorts compilation DVD. This two-disc set includes the following remastered titles on Disc One: Arrow Game, Children's Magical Death, Climbing the Peach Palm, A Father Washes His Children, A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock and Weeding the Garden. Also included on Disc One: Firewood, Tapir Distribution and Tug-of-War. Disc Two includes: Dedeheiwä Rests in His Garden, Children Roasting Meat, A Woman Spins, Children Make a Toy Hammock, Sand Play, Playing in the Rain, Mouth Wrestling, and Young Shaman.
Films in the Yanomamö series:
Arrow Game *†
A Father Washes His Children *†
Firewood *
Jaguar, a Yanomamö Twin Cycle Myth
A Man and His Wife Make a Hammock *†
A Man Called Bee: Studying the Yanomamö †
Moonblood: A Yanomamö Creation Myth †
Myth of Naro, as told by Dedeheiwä
Myth of Naro, as told by Kaobawä
Yanomamö: A Multidisciplinary Study
* included on the Yanomamö Shorts compilation
† included in the Yanomamö Films: Remastered, Vol. 1 set
Subjects:
Indigenous Studies:
Regions:
Keywords:
- Venezuela
- Southern Venezuela
- Amazon
- Amazonian Basin
- Amazon Region
- Amazonian Region
- Amazon River
- Yanomami
- Orinoco River
- Rainforest
- Tropical Rainforest
- Rural Indigenous
- People
- Indigenous Culture
- Children
- Indigenous Children
- Childhood
- Kinship
- Kinship Relations
- Family
- Family Relations
- Social Relations
- Indigenous Women
- Social Life
- Yanomamo Social Life
- Agouti
- Breastfeeding
- Weaving
- Mother and Daughter
- Rural Village
- Village Life
- Tim Asch
- Timothy Asch
Credits
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