Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn0314

Woman, wall and shawl

Woman in traditional dress with a dark head shawl, standing against a dry-stone wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0314. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A woman stands full length facing the camera in front of a wall of large irregular stones, her hands clasped at her waist. She wears a dark head shawl, a dark embroidered bodice with a white front, a striped skirt with a dark lace-like band at the hem, and a necklace with pendants. She stands on bare ground, with dark shoes visible below the skirt.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Woman in embroidered traditional dress and headscarf standing before a dry-stone wall
Description, scan 2
A woman stands full length against a wall of rough stone blocks, with a dark headscarf draped over her head and shoulders. She wears a dark bodice with embroidered trim and cords or chains at her neck, over a long white skirt with dark horizontal stripes and a lace border at the hem. Her hands are clasped at her waist and she wears laced shoes on a stony ground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Picture showing a woman, a wall and a shawl.

Swedish, as on the record

Folk och Fä 4