Title:

[Viewing of the deceased] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1937]

Description:

The photo depicts a very large group of mourners following a state funeral (with banners, a horse-drawn hearse, funeral conductors and participants in uniforms, a large group of priests, etc.) gathered in a big town square. The photo was taken from a great height, perhaps from the opposite building. There are some houses in the distance. On the back of the photo there is the following inscription: "Part of the viewing of late Michał Drzymała’s body in the square in front of a podium in Miasteczko and the presentation of the Polonia Restituta medal by the Commander of the 14th Division. For (...)" ; 25th April 1937, Grabówno / Miasteczko Krajeńskie ; 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:

Drzymała, Michał (1857-1937 ; peasant of Wielkopolska) ; ethnography ; material culture ; social culture ; spiritual culture ; death ; funeral ; funeral customs and rites ; funeral procession ; corpse exhibition ; last farewell ; local celebration ; social bonds ; Grabówno, Miasteczko Krajeńskie commune (Poland) ; Miasteczko Krajeńskie, Piła district (Poland)

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 99-3

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