Field photograph·C00511·1928
Three tents and people around a tree with an animal hanging for slaughter at Vouni
Description
Six men stand on stony ground in a camp beside a leafy tree, and an animal carcass hangs from a branch by its hind legs. Two men on the left wear wide-brimmed hats, light shirts and shorts, and the man in the centre holds the carcass. Canvas tents with open flaps stand behind them, with a wooden crate and a stone block on the ground.
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- Three canvas tents stand in a dusty clearing at Vouni. Six people gather under a tree, and a man in a striped shirt and dark trousers holds an animal carcass hanging from a branch. Two men on the left wear wide-brimmed hats, and a barefoot young man in a striped shirt stands at the right beside wooden crates and stones.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Three tents. Six people stand around a tree, an animal hangs from the branch and is going to be slaughtered. The two people to the right wear pith helmets. Slaughter. Vouni.
Swedish, as on the record
Tre tält. Sex personer står runt ett träd, ett djur hänger i trädet och ska slaktas. De två personerna till höger bär tropikhattar. Slakt. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)