In a single day a Makiritare craftsman fashions a blowgun with precision fittings that will last for years. He has collected special reeds for the inner barrel, and fits the straightest into the carefully hollowed-out interior of a larger protective pipe-reed. Darts treated with curare poison are marked in red. The unopposed darts are for tiny birds and animals, while the poisoned ones kill larger animals. The hunter eventually kills several large birds called curassows.
Films » Blowgun
Blowgun
Alternative Title: N/A
Series Title: Indians of the Orinoco
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Venezuela (Kononama)
Tribe or Group: Makiritare
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 13 min.
Years Filmed: 1971
Decade Produced: 1970s
Years Distributed: -1972
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Color Safety
Footage Count: 485'
Sound: Un-narrated, Recorded On Location
Notes: Possible that footage pre-existed and was contracted by IFF for this series. IFF does not own OCN- returned to Schlenker after production of internegatives (?). There are 8 films in the Indians of the Orinoco series (all footage shot during the same expedition).
