number | Inv. № aeim B91_81-8 |
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title | A shepherd’s crook |
Year of the photography | 1970~1990 |
Period | 1981 |
Place of the photography | Smolyan Guela Village |
photographer | Nedyalka Krapcheva |
Ethnic group | Bulgarian |
Explanation | A shepherd’s crook with a typical shallow carving. The hole that can be seen on the crook is to pass a string when castrating a sheep. The wood-carving itself is a symbolic representation of a ram. |
keywords 1 | handicraft |
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keywords 2 | carving |
keywords 3 | ornament |
keywords 4 | crook |
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Author of the text | Svetla Rakshieva, Maria Markova, Elka Mincheva |