Name:

Disposing of the body of dead animals (Iconographic document)

Other names:

Rishikesh

Object description:

Photo (scan from slide). After death, the bodies of the dead cows are left for the vultures on the river bank. The thick skin is cut by a human so that the birds have access to the entrails. After the vultures have cleaned the bones and skin, a person takes the animal's skin, which is later made into shoes, etc. The photo shows a herd of vultures, and in the background people waiting for the cows' skins cleaned by vultures.

Author (of drawing, photo, record):

Demski, Dagnosław

Data:

1984

Accession number:

part 2, box14, 0027

Subject and Keywords:

getting rid of dead animal body

Relation:

Rishikesh

Resource type:

Image

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

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:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open