Field photograph·C09835·1927–1931

Building a Matakam hut, Africa

Man building a Matakam hut, with thatched conical roofs and open country with trees beyond. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09835. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man, bent forward and seen in dark silhouette, works on the rounded top of a mud wall beside a pale cylindrical structure with a dished top. Thatched conical roofs rise at the left and centre, and behind them a wide landscape with scattered trees fades into haze under a pale sky. The print is mounted on a card with a pale border.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Africa, comparative architecture. Building a Matakam hut.

Swedish, as on the record

Afrika Comparativ Arkitektur Building a Matakam hut