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[Women digging potatoes] [An iconographic document]
Description:The photo depicts two young women wearing kerchief and aprons, bent over with hoes in their hands digging potatoes. On the ground at their feet there are wicker baskets. According to its owner, the photo depicts the digging of potatoes in the village of Witów near Irządze ; Witów near Irządz, district Zawiercie, voiv. Śląskie ; The photo sent to the contest named “Photography of the Polish village pre-1948” organized in 1983 by the quarterly “Fotografia” (Photography) and the weekly “Nowa Wieś” (New village). Copy of the photo kept at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (former Institute for the History of Material Culture)
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; woman ; farming ; agriculture ; field works ; digging potatoes ; agricultural tools ; hoe ; clothing ; Witów, Irządze commune (Poland)
Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Projects co-financed by:Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund
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