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VIF | Visualizing Family, Gender Relations and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950

Studio portrait of a poorly dressed old man

Studio portrait of a poorly dressed old man, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk ArtenlargeStudio portrait of a poorly dressed old man, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

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Object:Studio portrait of a poorly dressed old man
Description:A man wearing homespun clothes and a turban is sitting on a carpet. He is holding sticks in both hands. The fingers of his left hand have been chopped off. His shoes are on the floor next to him. Plain background.
Comment:Most probably produced for commercial use with a payed model.
Date:Not before 1878, Not after 1918
Location:Banja Luka
Country:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Type:Photograph
Creator:Landau, Alexander, (Photographer)
Dimensions:Artefact: 109mm x 67mm
Image: 96mm x 56mm
Format:Carte de visite
Technique:Not specified
Keywords:290 Clothing
560 Social Stratification
730 Social Problems > 735 Poverty
880 Adolescene, Adulthood, and Old Age > 888 Status and Treatment of the Aged
Copyright:Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde
Archive:The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, Inv. No.: ÖMV/pos/715
License:This picture is licensed under Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]
Editor:Barbara Derler
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