Field photograph·C04119·1930

Bast house at Mersinaki

Description

A dim interior of a small house whose walls and ceiling are woven from reed or bast matting. A table covered with a cloth holds a straw hat in the foreground, and a wooden chair with a cushion or cloth stands behind a second table on the right. Papers, a jar, a bottle and a vase of leafy branches sit on the right-hand table near a bright opening, and a coat hangs on the left wall.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: Interior of a bast house with walls and ceiling of woven reed matting, lit from the right. A light jacket hangs on the left wall and a wide-brimmed hat lies on a table; another hat hangs from a post in the centre. A wooden chair stands by a desk on the right, covered with papers, a small container and a bottle, with a vase of flowers beside them.
Description, scan 3: A dim interior with walls and ceiling made of woven bast or reed matting. A table in the foreground holds a straw hat, a glass and a few small items, and a wooden chair stands near a desk covered with papers, a bottle and small objects. A light coat hangs on the left wall, a hat hangs from a beam in the centre, and a vase of leafy branches stands on the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bast house, Mersinaki.

Swedish, as on the record

Basthuset. Mersinaki. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen