Field photograph·Csn0147

Probably Turkish villages on the Karpas peninsula

Men, children and a saddled donkey before a stone building with a pointed-arch doorway, beside a ploughed field
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0147. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone building with a pointed-arch doorway and shuttered windows, one with bars, stands behind a freshly ploughed field of furrows. Several men and children stand around, a man in a light shirt holds a saddled donkey on the right, and a dog lies near the doorway. Dark cloths hang over the wall beside the windows.

Other scan of this record (1)

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Description, scan 2
A stone building with a tall arched doorway stands behind a freshly ploughed field with furrows. Several men and boys stand near the wall, and two donkeys, one with a saddle blanket, stand at right. A dog lies on the ground in front of the doorway, and dark cloths hang on the wall beside the shuttered windows.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Picture probably from Turkish villages on the Karpas peninsula. No particular village has been able to be named.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4

Swedish, as on the record

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