Title:

Portrait, kachchi rabari (Iconographic document)

Creator:

Demski, Dagnosław

Place of publishing:

Sanosara ; Kutch District ; Gujarat

Date issued/created:

[1994]

Description:

Photography (scan from a slide). Picture of poor quality. Portrait shows members of the family from the village inhabited by kachchi rabari. Sitting man dressed in traditional costume of shepherds - in white with the characteristic earrings (ghokh) in the ears. Next to him stands a woman dressed in black and wearing jewelry - long gold earrings (nagla) and silver necklace (khanti). Other girls aged 12-14 years are dressed in typical garment for the younger generation of the group - colorful skirts and kaftan. The characteristic silver necklaces on (siyal) girls and children represent the status of engagement

Type of object:

Ethnographic object

Subject and Keywords:

ethnography ; social culture ; social life ; material culture ; portrait of young men ; garment

Resource type:

Obraz

Detailed Resource Type:

Photography

Format:

image/jpeg

Source:

part 2, box 2, 0062

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