Field photograph·Csn0145

Turkish village in the Karpas peninsula, not identified

Three people beside a stone well with a wooden frame in a village street, with a stone building behind them
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0145. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two women and a young man pose beside a stone well kerb with a wooden frame over it. A woman in a striped head cloth kneels at the left, a young man in a light shirt and dark trousers stands behind the frame, and a woman in a white robe and headscarf stands at right. Behind them are rubble-stone walls and a stone building with a doorway, and a further person is partly visible at the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Three villagers beside a stone well with a wooden frame, in a village street with stone houses behind.Full resolution
Description, scan 2
A woman in a striped shawl kneels at the edge of a stone well with a wooden frame over it, while a young man in a light shirt and dark trousers stands behind the frame. A young woman in a long white robe and headscarf stands to the right, and another person is seen by a doorway in a stone building beyond. Behind them are stone walls, low houses and hills.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Picture probably from Turkish villages in the Karpas peninsula. No particular village could be named.

Swedish, as on the record

Bild troligen från Karpassos turkiska byar. Ingen speciell by har kunnat namnas.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4