Field photograph·C00755·1929

The mukhtar with his wife at Ayios Iakovos

The mukhtar with his wife standing in an arched doorway at Ayios Iakovos — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00755. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a dark jacket, light shirt, striped trousers and tall boots stands beside a woman in a white headscarf, a dark jacket and a light striped skirt. They stand on a stone-paved floor in front of a tall arched opening with a plastered wall. At left, a small wooden table is covered with an embroidered cloth.

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Description, scan 2: A man in a dark suit jacket, waistcoat and breeches with tall boots stands beside a woman in a light head covering, dark jacket and striped skirt. They stand on a flagged stone pavement in front of a tall pointed archway, and a small table with a patterned woven cloth stands to the left. The plastered wall shows weathering and the ground in the foreground is bare earth.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The mukhtar with his wife.

Swedish, as on the record

Muktaren med fru. Ajios Jakovos Svenska Cypernexpeditionen