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Cultural category:Livestock management


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number inv. № aeim B94_83-6
title Sheep
Year of the photography 1970~1990
Period 1983
Place of the photography Smolyan Guela Village, Smolyan region
photographer Sophia Tancheva
Ethnic group Bulgarian
Explanation Dairy sheep with marks of ownership, called dangí [Bulg.], on their back. The marks are made with tar or paint with special metal tools (damgí/ dangí [Bulg.]), unique in shape for each owner.




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keywords 2 dairy
keywords 3 marks of ownership
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Author of the text Svetla Rakshieva, Maria Markova, Elka Mincheva