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Aberystwyth University
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Photography / PH1377

Insel Föhr[.] Die Tracht mit den hohen Hauben lässt die Frauen der nordfriesischen Inseln & Halligen gross u. imposant erscheinen.

Artist: Saebens, Hans [1895-1969]



circa 1930-1945
Silver print

241 x 169 mm.
Purchase: Archiv Hans Saebens - Herr Horst Wöbbeking, Worpswede, Germany 2014
Funding support: V&A Grant and Art Fund Grant

Translationof title: The island of Föhr[.] The traditional costume with its high hats makes the women of the North Frisian Islands and the low islands off Schleswig-Holstein look tall and imposing.





 
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