Field photograph·C09832·1927–1931

Musgum huts, Africa

Conical mud huts with arched doorway and ridged walls, Musgum huts in Africa — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09832. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two tall conical huts built of mud with vertical ridged surfaces stand against a pale sky. The left hut has a low arched doorway in a rounded mud wall and a small raised platform in front; the right hut fills the frame edge, with a flat rectangular panel leaning against its base. The ground is bare and dark in the foreground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Africa. Comparative architecture. Musgum huts.

Swedish, as on the record

Afrika Comparativ Arkitektur Musgum huts