Title:

[A memento from the first communion] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1917]

Description:

The photo depicts a girl in a white dress with a flower garland on her head, a candle in her right hand and a prayer book in the left. The girl is standing next to a small table with a vase with flowers on it. The photo was taken in a photographic studio. According to its owner, the photo depicts Anna (...) – her grandmother. The girl was photographed on the day of her First Communion in 1917. The communion was taken in the parish church in Zbąszyń ; May 1917, Zbąszyń ; 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:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

Holy Communion ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; child ; girl ; religious rites ; religiosity ; church celebration ; family celebration ; clothing ; Zbąszyń, Nowy Tomyśl district (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

IAiE PAN, no. call 148-1

Source:

IAiE PAN, nr inw. 148-1

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

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

Access:

Closed