Field photograph·C00577·1928

Two men and a feast goat being slaughtered at Vouni

Two men with a slaughtered goat lying on stony ground at Vouni; the man on the left wears a pith helmet.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00577. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a pith helmet, light shirt, shorts and knee socks stands at left with one hand on his hip. Beside him, a man in a striped shirt and dark trousers bends over a goat carcass lying on its side on dry, stony ground. Low hills rise behind them under a pale sky.

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  • Two men on a stony hillside at Vouni, one bending over a slaughtered feast goat on the ground
Description, scan 2
A man in a striped shirt and dark trousers bends over a slaughtered animal lying on the stony ground, while a second man in a pith helmet, light shirt, shorts and knee socks stands beside him with one hand on his hip. The ground is dry and sparsely covered with plants, with low bushes on the slope behind them under a pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Two men. One of the men wears a pith helmet. The feast goat is slaughtered. Vouni

Swedish, as on the record

Två män. En av männen bär en tropikhatt. Festgeten slaktas. Vouni Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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