507544 "... until Mohesiwäcan regain his advantage and take up a longer club.

511200 "Their [Mohesiwä's and Törawä's] sister [Nakahedami] quickly brings Mohesiwä a more suitable club. The three men temporarily square off, staring at each other.

524920 "Mohesiwä's mother [Borowama] approaches, takes the bow stave away and reprimands Uuwä.

530400 "She [Borowama] comforts her son [Mohesiwä] by stroking his injured arm, while Mohesiwä's sister [Nakahedami] continues to provoke the situation with vicious insults.

536480 "A small crowd gathers, but the conflict stablizes at a level where vituperous insults and hostile glares are passing back and forth between the principles of the fight.

551080 "Mohesiwä quits the area. He leaves his younger brother [Törawä] to keep his assailant at bay and meet any new attack.

570200 "The fight seems as though it were over at this point.

573600 "However, Sinabimi's husband, Yoinakuwä, and his brother, Keböwä, are not going to allow it to end and they fetch their axes and machetes.

584000 "Although it was Yoinakuwä's wife [Sinabimi] who was beaten by Mohesiwa, it is Keböwä, his brother, who wants to settle the matter with his ax.

593160 "Keböwäattacks Mohesiwä ...

594280 "... but Mohesiwä's kinswomen seize the ax handle and try to prevent him from striking.

599000 "This diversion gives Mohesiwäenough time to seize the ax handle himself and struggle with Keböwä until help from his male kinsmen arrives.

606120 "Since Yoinakuwä could not deliver a clean blow with his machete during this struggle without hitting his own brother...

610192 "... he [Yoinakuwä ] tries to get behind Mohesiwa and attack him from that angle.

613920 "Mohesiwä's kinsmen send the women to fetch axes and machetes, for the fight has now escalated.

626560 "Mohesiwä's younger brother [Törawä] again comes to his aid, this time carrying a machete.

630680 "He arrives just as Keböwä manages to wrest his ax from Mohesiwä and strike him soundly on the leg with the blunt edge.

644360 "Infuriated, Mohesiwä's brother [Törawä] discards his machete and takes up an ax.

648560 "He [Törawä] attacks Keböwä, delivering a series of crunching blows with the dull side of the ax.

654800 "Nanokawä, the leader of the visiting faction, wearing green feathers on his upper arm, realizes that the fight is getting serious and steps in to try to prevent further injuries. He carries no weapon, relying on his well-deserved and often demonstrated authority.

666840"Mohesiwä's brother [Törawä], after delivering several blows on Keböwä's legs with the dull side of his ax, threatens to escalate the fight even further. He turns the sharp side of his ax up-ward and prepares to hit Kebowa on the head.

678680 "Alarmed by this new threat, a woman from Keböwä's group seizes his ax handle, turns the sharp side back down and drags him [ Törawä] out of the fight.

684960 "Keböwäsees that his [Törawä's] back is turned and rushes him from behind. He strikes a powerful overhead blow with his ax, the dull side forward, hitting Mohesiwä's brother squarely in the middle of the back.

692440 "He [Törawä] instantly collapses to the ground and lies there motionless.

695360 "The situation is now very tense; for it is not clear if the young man [Törawä] has been killed or is merely unconscious.

704040 "Nanokawä, alarmed at this, quickly takes up a heavy club and wades aggressively into the throng.

714800 "A partisan of Keböwä [Yakahaiwä] drives away a woman whose biting insults threaten to provoke the men to even greater violence.

724040 "Other men who had patiently refrained from getting into the fight until now are enraged. They also take up their weapons and step into the fight.

731600 "Mohesiwä's older agnates, men of his father's generation form a protective ring around the injured youth ...

736080 "... as he [Törawä] lies on the ground and slowly regains consciousness.

739400 "Two of Mohesiwä's fiercest agnatic relatives, men that he calls 'father', conspicuously place themselves between Kebowa's group and the injured youth, trembling with constrained rage.

748080 "Their ['Mohesiwä's fiercest agnatic relatives''] presence and demeanor are sufficient to bring the fight to a standstill at this level.

752360 "The participants revert to verbal insult and then gradually leave.

763000 "Some of the women [Waböama here], dissatisfied with the outcome, continue to provoke the situation. They had fought among themselves in the garden and they have their own scores to settle.

770720 "One of the female residents [Waböama] hurls insults at Mohesiwa's sister and the women of Nanokawä's group -- women who were visitors in her village."

782840 "This fight can be simplified and represented as a controversy between members of three lineages who are now living in two villages. The residents of Mishimishimabowei-teri are indicated by black lettering and the vistors are indicated in red.

793720 "Lineage two [Lineage 1222] is the largest in the village; the recent history of the lineage has been marked by a struggle between Nanokawäand Möawä. The problem was temporarily resolved several years ago when Nanokawä and his followers left the village, leaving Möawä the undisputed headman. However, Nanokawä and his followers still had many ties to the village. When Nanokawä's brothers-in-law, in lineage number one [Lineage 2968], persuaded Nanokawä to rejoin the village, the old hostilities resurfaced. The club fight between Uuwä and Mohesiwä can be viewed as another expression of hostility between the supporters of Nanokawä and Möawä.

830240 "When Yoinakuwä and his brother [Keböwä] escalated the conflict to an ax fight, the situation worsened. Members of lineage number two [1222] were now being forced to divide their loyalties between two groups of affines which emphasized an internal cleavage that already existed within their lineage. In order to prevent further conflict between his own lineage members, Möawä remained in his hammock throughout the fight. However, if the fight had escalated or if any of his close relatives had been injured, he would have been compelled to fight. Then Möawä's agnates would have been forced to support him or Nanokawä and perhaps cause a fission in Möawä's village.

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1038400 Title: Several days after the fight, some of the visitors began leaving. Tensions were temporarily relieved.

1043800 Film Credits: A film by Timothy Asch, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University and Napoleon Chagnon, Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University; Edited by Paul E. Bugos Jr.; Form of Presentation and Photography: Timothy Asch; Sound: Craig Johnson; Animation Art: Paul E. Bugos Jr. and Marilyn Luke; Animation Photography: Vic Rossi.

1057600 Titlecard: We wish to acknowledge The Motion Picture Services Department of the Undergraduate Division of Instructional Services at the Pennsylvania State University. Their cooperation was essential in the production of this film.

1063560 Additional credits. Script and Narration: Napoleon Chagnon; Production Assistants: Seth Reichlin, John Marshall, Patsy Asch, Lorenzo Salzmann, Stuart Cody Co, James Fox, G. Williams Hughes, Chas Bicking, and Jean Carrol; Sound Mix: Magno-sound; Titles: Merit Title Service; Optical Titles: E.F.X. Unlimited; Color: Cine Magnetic Lab; Negative Cutter: Jim Lenkowsky; Final Production Coordinator: Arni Morrison's General Store; Camera: Arri BL Film: EC7255; Sound: Nagra III Radio Sync: Laurie Fitzgerald

1075600 Titlecard. Produced at the Center for Documentary Anthropology with the financial assistance of: Documentary Educational Resources, The Pennsylvania State University, Curriculum Development Associates, Coast Community College District Telecommunications, The National Science Foundation. The collaboration of our colleagues at the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (I.V.I.C.) is greatly appreciated.

1085520 Titlecard. No portion of this film may be reproduced in any form or shown on television without permission from the authors. Copyright 1975 Napoleon A. Chagnon, Timothy Asch and Documentary Educational Resources

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