Field photograph·C09838·1927–1931

Africa, comparative architecture: the Duvangar fortress

Conical thatched huts inside a walled settlement at Duvangar, with a crowd of people on bare ground in front. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09838. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cluster of tall conical thatched huts stands on a raised area behind a thick, curved wall. In the foreground a large crowd of people, many blurred in motion, moves across bare ground, some holding sticks or long poles. A wooden frame of poles stands at the lower right, and hills fade into haze behind the settlement.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Africa, comparative architecture: The Duvangar fortress.

Swedish, as on the record

Afrika Comparativ Arkitektur The Duvangar fortress