Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C08208

Alfred Westholm and Martin Gjerstad at Machairas

A man and a small child seated in wooden deck chairs outside a whitewashed building at Machairas.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08208. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man in a light short-sleeved shirt, shorts, knee socks and white shoes sits in a wooden deck chair with one arm raised to his head. Beside him, a small child in a sun hat and light clothing sits barefoot in a second deck chair. Behind them are a whitewashed wall and a dark doorway, with bare ground in front and a small box set between the chairs.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • A man and a child relaxing in wooden deck chairs in front of a whitewashed wall at Machairas.
Description, scan 2
A man in a light shirt, shorts, knee socks and white sneakers sits in a deck chair with one leg crossed, his hand raised to his head. Beside him a child in a bucket hat and light top sits barefoot in a second deck chair. Behind them a whitewashed wall has a dark doorway, and the ground is bare and dusty.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Alfred Westholm and Martin Gjerstad at Machairas, with a building and chairs.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").