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Photograph: Young peasant sharpening a scythe

Title:

Photograph: Young peasant sharpening a scythe

Territory:

Arkhangelsk province, district, village

Date:

1912

Dimensions:

11,5 x 16,9

Collectors-person:
Kostikov Leonid V.
Number:

РЭМ 2637-33

Photographer:
Annotation:

Samuil Lukich Yelizarov are sharpening a hunchback scythe on sharpening “legs.” The woman is wearing a chemise and a skirt girt with a belt. The set with a skirt as traditional clothing was not typical for Pomorye. However skirts were used as work clothes in some areas. The woman has a povoinik on her head. Abstract by O.G. Baranova