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[Women with a boy] [An iconographic document]
Description:The photo depicts five women of different ages and a small boy. The oldest woman is sitting in a chair and is wearing a blouse, a skirt with an apron and a headscarf. Young women in festive clothes are standing on her both sides (two on each side). A boy is also standing next to the elderly woman. A wall of a timber building can be seen in the background. According to the photo's owner, it depicts family (...) from Witów ; Witów near Irządze, 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 ; child ; boy ; family bonds ; 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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