Field photograph·C09834·1927–1931

A Matakam village, comparative architecture, Africa

Matakam village of conical thatched huts with stone bases, a tree and a rocky hill behind — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09834. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Several tall, conical thatched huts stand on low stone bases in an open, dry ground. A low stone wall or foundation runs across the foreground, and a large spreading tree stands to the left. Rocky boulder-strewn hills rise behind the huts, with more small huts visible on the slope at the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Africa, comparative architecture: A Matakam village.

Swedish, as on the record

Afrika Comparativ Arkitektur A Matakam village