Field photograph·C08432·1927–1931

Boats, trees and water in North Africa

Harbour with moored boats seen between tall palm trunks, with a town along the far shore, North Africa. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08432. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Tall palm trunks frame a view across a harbour where many small boats are moored on calm water. Low buildings and a slender tower line the far shore under a cloudy sky. In the sandy foreground, young saplings and low plants stand between the palms.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa. Picture showing boats, trees and water.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.