Field photograph·Csn3162

Handicraft in Cyprus: turning of vessels (JL 27)

Potter turning a large clay jar outside a stone and mud-brick building, with a second man standing in the doorway behind him. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3162. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A seated barefoot man leans over a large clay jar on a low wheel made of wooden blocks, shaping it with his hands. Behind him a second man stands in a doorway of a mud-brick wall with stone foundations, holding a small object. A smaller bowl and another large jar lie in the foreground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Handicraft. Turning of vessels JL 27

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Hantverk. Drejning av kärl JL 27