Marked 61 E. 103[rd St.]
name: label: Collection Photographer
content: Alland, Alexander, Sr. (Alexander Landschaft), 1902-1989
label: Collection Author
content: Kaslov, Steve, ca. 1888-1949 (King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies )
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content: Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection
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content: Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection / Series 7: Photographs by de Wendler Funaro: Gypsies in the United States / 7.1: Rom
container: label: Container
content: Box 5, Folder 55
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: It is not clear whether this note is' related to subject of photo. Interior: meal at pomana. Part of the ritual of the pomana, a memorial feast, is the circumambulation of the feast table by two men, each carrying 22 lighted tapers, one moving clockwise, the other counterclockwise. At the conclusion of this ritual, the tapers are inserted into loaves or slices of bread distributed the length of the table. Such tapers are visible in the photo.