Field photograph·C09829·1927–1931
Comparative architecture in Africa: domed building with external ribs
Description
A shirtless man in shorts leans over the curved crest of a domed structure, reaching one arm across its top and bracing a leg against the side. The pale, cracked surface of the dome has several raised vertical ribs running down from the top. Shot from below against a plain sky, the photograph shows only the upper part of the building.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Africa Comparative Architecture. The external ribs have been adopted to meet many neads: they serve as scaffolding as well as integral ribs for the dome and also as a means of conveying the rain.
Swedish, as on the record
Afrika Comparativ Arkitektur The external ribs have been adopted to meet many neads: they serve as scaffolding as well as integral ribs for the dome and also as a means of conveying the rain