Field photograph·C00834·1928–29

Toulis Souidos with sculpture V.39 in Nicosia

Toulis Souidos seated beside a large sculpture of a figure with a beaded necklace and cap
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928–29. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00834. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a short-sleeved henley shirt and rolled trousers sits on a wooden chair in a bare room, one arm resting on a large sculpture. The sculpture is a bust with a rounded head wrapped in a cap, a beaded necklace and modelled breasts, standing on a low wooden box. Behind them are a white wall and a draped cloth on a table at the right.

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Description, scan 2
A man with dark wavy hair sits in a wooden chair with one leg crossed over the other, his arm resting on a large bust with a banded head and a beaded necklace. The bust has a rough, pale surface and dark patches on the chest. Behind them a pale cloth hangs on the wall, another sculpture is partly visible at right, and a wooden crate sits at lower left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Nicosia. Toulis Souidos and V.39 posed together. Souidos rests his arm on the sculpture. The sculpture is probably in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Nicosia. Toulis Souidos och V.39 hopsatt. Souidos vilar sin arm på skulpturen. Skulpturen finns antagligen på Cyprus museum, Nicosia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

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