Title:

[A portrait of a Silesian family] [An iconographic document]

Description:

The photo depicts a Silesian family - four women of different ages in beautiful festive regional costumes: dark embroidered jackets with two rows of buttons and long flower-patterned skirts, and a young, elegantly dressed man standing behind them. The photo was taken in front of a brick building. In the right part of the photo there is an entrance to a building decorated with flowers. The women in the first row are sitting in chairs and are holding each others hands, while the women at the back are holding hands on their arms ; Silesia (Poland) ; 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:

ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; portrait ; woman ; man ; family ; family celebration ; clothing ; regional costume ; Silesian costume ; Silesia (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 183-9

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