Sujet
Woman wearing full mourning costume, Melanesia, 1920.Artist: Gunnar Landtman
Légende
Woman wearing full mourning costume, Melanesia, 1920. After the death of a man his wife is secluded in an enclosure of mats, she smears her body in mud, wails continuously and only goes out at night. When she finally leaves the enclosure she wears a costume of grass. A print from Customs of the World, Hutchinson and Company, 1920.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1920
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C53_192
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,7Mo) / 31,0cm x 40,4cm / 3658 x 4775 (300dpi)