Field photograph·Csn0899·1927–1931

Sponges at Kyrenia

Man seated on a quay at Kyrenia examining a sponge, with a heap of sponges and boats beside him — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0899. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bald, moustached man in a light shirt and striped trousers sits on the quayside, turning a sponge over in his hands. Several sponges lie in a heap on the planks beside him, and to the left the side of a wooden boat with rigging and ropes rises up. Small boats and open water fill the background, and the print is mounted on a card.

English, as on the record

SPONGES-KYRENIA Reno Wideson ". . . Many things are exported from the island and carried to countries whence are derived no small gains" Z. Lilio Vicentino-1551 (Breve descritione del mondo)

English, as on the record

SPONGES-KYRENIA Reno Wideson ". . . Many things are exported from the island and carried to countries whence are derived no small gains" Z. Lilio Vicentino-1551 (Breve descritione del mondo)

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