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Object photograph·JL005

Cyprus handicraft (JL 5)

Large circular coiled woven mat with dark patterned bands, leaning against a stone wall
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL005. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A large round coiled object, pale with dark stripes forming a pattern that radiates from a small dark centre, and a frayed fringe around its edge. A pointed peak with loose ends rises at the top. It leans against a dry-stone wall, with a wooden plank on the ground at lower left and a scatter of small pebbles or nuts at right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Round coiled handicraft mat with dark spiral stitching, leaning against a dry-stone wall
Description, scan 2
A flat circular object made of tightly coiled light-coloured fibre, with dark stitching forming a spiral and radiating pattern toward a dark centre. Its edges are fringed with loose frayed ends, and a loop or handle rises at the top. It is propped upright against a wall of large and small stones, with a wooden plank at lower left and scattered pebbles at lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus handicraft. JL 5.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Hantverk. JL 5