A Father Washes His Children

Series: Yanomamo Series

Duration: 13

Genre: Educational | Ethnographic

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Pennsylvania State University

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Follows a shaman and headman in a Yanomamo Indian village as he takes his children and grandchildren to a nearby river to wash them. Opens with a paragraph placing the event in the context of the mother's illness and the successful trade with an anthropologist for soap. Observes the children's reaction to the washing as well as the father's child-care methods., CONTAINS NUDITY. Follows a shaman and headman in a Yanomamo Indian village as he takes his children and grandchildren to a nearby river to wash them. Opens with a paragraph placing the event in the context of the mother's illness and the successful trade with an anthropologist for soap. Observes the children's reaction to the washing as well as the father's child-care methods.

Complete Record: Follows a shaman and headman in a Yanomamo Indian village as he takes his children and grandchildren to a nearby river to wash them. Opens with a paragraph placing the event in the context of the mother's illness and the successful trade with an anthropologist for soap. Observes the children's reaction to the washing as well as the father's child-care methods., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.