Title:

[A silkworm farm] [An iconographic document]

Date issued/created:

[1948]

Description:

The photo depicts a woman and a man in a room with many branches covered in „down”, similar to cotton wool. They are both holding bunches of such branches in their hands. The quality of the photo is very poor, which makes it hard to describe it more precisely. According to the photo's owner, it depicts her aunt and uncle (...) during holidays, attending to their silkworm farm. The photo was taken in 1948 ; 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 ; family ; leisure time ; hobby ; breeding ; silkworm ; work

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. 204-15

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