Object photograph·Csn1709·1927–1931

North Africa

Bust of a bearded man with long curled hair and beard, shown in a photograph — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1709. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A sculpted bust of a bearded man fills the grey photograph, which is mounted on a light card. The head has long, tightly curled hair and a beard of rows of curled locks, with heavy brows and a straight nose. The bust wears a draped garment over the shoulders, and the bottom edge of the bust is cut off by the edge of the photograph.

English, translated from the Swedish record

North Africa.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.