Title:

The girl with jewelry, kachchi rabari (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Sanosara ; Kutch District ; Gujarat

Date issued/created:

[1992]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). The girl at the age of 12 years belonging to the group kachchi rabari. On the neck she has three necklaces. The first one is metal and heavy, made of silver (siyal), the second one - a kind of necklace (siyal), made f thin silver slide on the neck. On the neck she has also a kind of necklace made of a material. The ear has some earrings (khunti.). Dot on the forehead (tika). Other girls not wearing jewellery. Girls decorated with jewelry indicate the status of engagement. Picture taken against the wall of a cottage

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; girl with jewellery ; kachchi rabari

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 1, box 1, 0051

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. 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:

Open