Title:

[A memento from the First Communion] [An iconographic document]

Description:

The photo depicts a priest sitting in a chair and two children standing on his both sides. On the right there is a boy in a bright suit with a First Communion picture and a candle in his hand; he has a white ribbon pinned to the lapel of his jacket. On the priest’s left side there is a standing girl in a white dress and with white bows in her hair; she is also holding a First Communion picture and a candle in her hand. In the background there is a brick shrine built on a pillar and some lush greenery ; 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 ; priest ; family celebration ; church celebration ; religiosity ; religious life ; clothing

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 202-6

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