Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: ca. 1949
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 11 x 14 inches; 27.94 x 35.56 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004683

Inscriptions:
Captions: Verso: More of the people of Carinthia. A superstition in Carinthia says that if the ear was pierced and a golden ring worn, sickness would be evaded. This custom is of course dying out with modern times, but occasionally one of the elders of the town, like Max Stimniker (Austrian) 64 years old, can be seen walking through town sporting the ring that never comes off. Markings:Verso: More of the people of Carinthia. A superstition in Carinthia says that if the ear was pierced and a golden ring worn, sickness would be evaded. This custom is of course dying out with modern times, but occasionally one of the elders of the town, like Max Stimniker (Austrian) 64 years old, can be seen walking through town sporting the ring that never comes off.

Tagasauris Keywords: 1 person; 1 person; Austria; Day; Earrings; Face; German Austria; Hat; Head-and-Shoulders Portrait; Low angle View; Male; Male; Mid adult; Moustache; Old age; Outdoors; Person; Shirt; Social issues
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AUSTRIA / CARYNTHIA
Retouching: N