Catholic peasant girl in BaščaršijaSIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Mehmed A. AkšamijaeditorKristina IlićeditorNataša MiškovićeditorMiddle Eastern Studies, University of BaselCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:siba.4872Alija M. Akšamija private collection, SarajevoSarajevski ciklus 1938./39. - Slučajni prolaznici XaA.M.A. P N 8 39Mehmed A. AkšamijaPlace NamesOrientationLocationGeographySpecial GarmentsClothingOrnamentAdornmentEthnic StratificationSocial StratificationPhotograph1939Alija M.AkšamijaAkšamija, Alija M.Blurred snapshot of a young Catholic peasant girl in Baščaršija, taken over her shoulder with her face in profile. She is wearing festive costume, including a wide skirt, a white blouse with short sleves, a gold-braided jelek and a white scarf fixed in her plaited hair and falling down her back like a bride's veil. She wears flowers and other ornaments in her hair. Another girl is standing to her left, similarly dressed. In front of her, on the picture's right margin, a woman in urban European dress is crossing some tram tracks.The headgear suggests that the girl is unmarried. Her costume is from the surroundings of Sarajevo. Analogue photographic process, negative-positive (Agfa Isopan 17 DIN). Original preserved as a negative and a positive on silver bromine paper, stored as a print, negative and digital record.Not specifiedNot specified6060180180Bosnia and HerzegovinaYugoslaviaSarajevoBaščaršijaAkšamija, Mehmed A. (2015): Alija M. Akšamija – Monografija arhivografije. Sarajevo: BANU. Vol. I, 36.
Place NamesOrientationLocationGeographySpecial GarmentsClothingOrnamentAdornmentEthnic StratificationSocial Stratification