Field photograph·C01438·1928–29

Einar Gjerstad being lowered into a well at Vouni

Men work a wooden windlass over a well at Vouni, lowering a man into the shaft — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928–29. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01438. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wooden windlass frame stands over a well opening, its drum wound with thick rope and turned by crank handles. A man with a moustache grips a handle at left, and a man in a cap turns the other handle at right, while others in headscarves and caps stand around the frame. A man's head and shoulders show in the opening below, and a wooden ladder lies on the rubble ground behind.

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Description, scan 2: A wooden windlass frame with a thick rope wound round its drum stands over a shaft in stony ground. A man at left grips the crank handle and looks at the camera, while others in caps and headscarves steady the frame and a man in a fez and tunic stands behind. Only a head shows at the mouth of the well below, and a wooden ladder lies on the rubble behind.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Einar Gjerstad being lowered into the well. Vouni.

Swedish, as on the record

Einar Gjerstad hissas ned i brunnen. Vouni. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen