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Pasteboard Statues AKA Papier Mache Statues 1949
Description
Lecce, Italy.
Documentation states pasteboard statues of Saints are sold for about 30,000 lire to churches that can't afford to buy gold or silver ones. In some little villages they are at the entrance to private houses. A little lamp burning in front of them shows how people believe in miracles....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Agnew
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 67498
- Sort Number:
- UN 2124 G
- Time in/Out:
- 01:46:21:00 / 01:48:08:00
- Canister:
- UN 2124 G
- Film ID:
- 2487.15
- Issue Date:
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