Field photograph·C09836·1927–1931

Comparative architecture, Africa: storing the harvest

Two conical thatched huts with mud walls, photographed from below against an open sky — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09836. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two round huts with tall conical thatched roofs stand on mud-plastered walls. The larger roof on the right has finely layered straw and a pointed finial, while the smaller roof on the left has a rounded dark object at its apex. Trees appear at the far left edge under a plain sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Africa. Comparative architecture. The storing of the harvest against the bad season was done firstly in jars, progessively their size increased until it was considered more expidient to build one big container for the whole of the stores.

Swedish, as on the record

Afrika Comparativ Arkitektur The storing of the harvest against the bad season was done firstly in jars, progessively their size increased until it was considered more expidient to build one big container for the whole of the stores.