Field photograph·C09833·1927–1931

Plan and elevation of the huts of a Matakam tribe farm

Plan and elevation drawing of the huts of a Matakam farm, round huts with conical roofs above a ground plan — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09833. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A drawn elevation at the top shows several round huts with conical thatched roofs and stone walls on rocky ground, with small figures near the base. Below, a ground plan shows linked circular rooms, a curved enclosing wall and a scale bar marked in metres, with printed labels beside the rooms. The drawing is in black ink on a pale sheet.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Africa. Comparative architecture. Plan and elevation of the huts of a Matakam tribe farm.

Swedish, as on the record

Afrika Comparativ Arkitektur Plan and elevation of the huts of a Matakam tribe farm.