Field photograph·C00508·1928

The Gjerstad family and their nanny outside the tents at Vouni

The Gjerstad family and their nanny outside a tent at Vouni, with limestone sculptures among them
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00508. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in shirt and breeches leans on a limestone sculpture on the left, while a woman in a pale hat and dress holds a small girl's hand beside him. A boy in a hat pulls on a tent rope, and a woman in a floral dress stands by the open tent flap. Two more limestone sculptures stand in the foreground on the stony ground, with scrubby trees behind.

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  • The Gjerstad family and their nanny outside a tent at Vouni, with limestone sculptures among them
Description, scan 2
Five people stand outside a large canvas tent on a stony hillside at Vouni, with trees behind them. A man in shirt and breeches leans on a limestone sculpture at left, while a woman in a light dress and hat stands with two small children, one holding a tent rope. Other limestone sculptures stand in the foreground and at the right edge, beside a woman in a patterned dress.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The Gjerstad family outside the tents, together with the nanny Gudrun Atterman (Ulla). Three limestone sculptures stand among the family; Einar Gjerstad rests against one of them. At least the one on the right is in style IIA.

Swedish, as on the record

Familjen Gjerstad utanför tälten, samt barnflickan Gudrun Atterman (Ulla). Tre kalkstens skulpturer står bland familjen, Einar Gjerstad vilar sig mot en av dem. Åtminstone den högra, är i style IIA. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)