Field photograph·C01342·1929

The water carrier Hassan and a donkey at Marion

A man standing beside a donkey with wicker baskets, with a large white tent and a tripod at Marion — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01342. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a striped shirt, dark trousers and a head cloth stands on stony ground, holding the head of a dark donkey that carries two large wicker baskets. Behind them a white canvas tent has its flap open, with a seated person partly visible inside, and a wooden box and a tripod with a metal head stand nearby.

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Description, scan 2: A man in a striped shirt, striped headcloth and dark baggy trousers stands barefoot on stony ground, holding a rope tied to a donkey that carries two wicker baskets. Behind them a white canvas tent has its front open, and a person sits inside the tent while another figure stands partly hidden by a tent pole. A wooden crate and a tripod stand at the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The water carrier Hassan and a donkey. Someone is sitting inside the tent. Marion.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

Vattumannen Hassan och en åsna. Någon sitter inne i tältet. Marion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen