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[The harvest] [An iconographic document]
Date issued/created: Description:The photo depicts a group of people during farm work, in this case during harvest. Standing in the foreground there is a woman in an apron who is holding a sickle in one hand and reaped oats in the other one. Standing next to her, on the right, there is a boy with a sheaf on his arm. On the left there are four more people. According to the photo's owner, it depicts a harvest in Świniuchy in Volhynia ; 1935 or 1936, Prywitne (to 1939 Świuniuchy), Ukraine ; 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 ; farming ; agriculture ; field works ; harvest ; harvest customs ; agricultural tools ; sickle ; social bonds ; Prywitne, Łokacze region (Ukraine)
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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