Boys getting ready to play pelote during Easter celebration, Biarritz, France, 1969

View Description

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Rating
Identifer Number	210408
Title	Boys getting ready to play pelote during Easter celebration, Biarritz, France, 1969
Description	Boys getting ready to play a pelote match during Basque Easter celebration in Biarritz, France. Pelote is a ball game played on a fronton court. One version is jai alai. The game is played with a pelote (rubber ball), a chistera (long curved basket), a rebot (slightly shorter curved basket), and a pala (heavy wooden bat). Also see 210409 and 210410.
Date.Original	1969-04
Place	Biarritz (France)
Subject	Basques -- France -- Biarritz -- Pictorial works Jai alai players -- France -- Biarritz -- Pictorial works
Batch Number	B180; B301
Material Culture	Festivals, Rituals: Easter
Genre	Material culture Vernacular architecture Slides
Customs	Festivals Easter
Creator	Fife, Austin E. Fife, Alta Stevens
Photographer	Fife, Austin E.
Publisher	Utah State University Library
Type	Image
Source	USU Fife Slide Collection, FOLK COLL 4 no. 3, ID number
Rights	Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries folklore curator, phone (435) 797-3493
Date.Digital	2004-11-10
Format	JPG
File size	75.152 kb
Height	530
Width	800
Color space	RGB
Scanner	EverSmart Jazz CreoScitex

Find results with: