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Field photograph·C09763

Threshing grain at Kyrenia

Women threshing grain on a bare ground at Kyrenia, with a mountain and trees behind
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09763. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A woman at left tosses grain into the air, sending up a cloud of dust, while another figure bends over a large heap of threshed grain. Two women in headscarves stand to the right watching, and a partly visible person appears at the far right edge. Trees and a rocky mountain rise behind the bare, grassy ground.

Other scan of this record (1)

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Description, scan 2
A woman on the left throws grain into the air with a long fork, raising a cloud of dust. Behind a heaped pile of grain, another woman in a white shirt and dark skirt leans forward with a fork, while three more people in headscarves stand to the right. Trees and a rocky mountain form the background above the trampled, stubbly ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Threshing grain. Kyrenia.

Swedish, as on the record

Kastning av säd. Kerynia Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)