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[Digging potatoes] [An iconographic document]
Creator: Description:The photo depicts a group of people posing for the photo in a field during the digging of potatoes. The diggers are holding hoes in their hands; they have wicker baskets for potatoes next to their feet. There is an inscription at the back of the photo: “The digging of potatoes at St. (...) in Irządze” (The photographer’s seal) “Grabowski Stefan, the village of Irządze, Jędrzejów district, Szczekociny post office" ; 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 ; man ; farming ; agriculture ; field works ; digging potatoes ; agricultural tools ; hoe ; Irządze, Zawiercie district (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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