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Field photograph·JL026

Pottery making, polishing the pot at Klirou

Woman smoothing a large clay jar with a stick outside a stone and mud-walled workshop at Klirou
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL026. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A woman in a pale headscarf and light shirt bends over a large round-bodied jar, holding a stick across its top to smooth the surface. Several other large unglazed jars stand on the packed earth around her, with a two-handled jug set against the wall behind. The rough stone and mud wall has a small window with a wooden shutter, a round disc with crossed pale strips hangs at right, and a small jug stands near the right edge.

Other scans of this record (2)

  • Woman in a headscarf polishing a large clay jar at Klirou, with more jars standing around her
  • Pottery making at Klirou: a person polishing a large jar with a wooden stick in a farmyard
Description, scan 2
A woman in a light headscarf and loose light dress bends over a large rounded jar, working its surface with a short wooden tool held in both hands. Several other large jars stand on packed earth around her, and a smaller two-handled jug sits against the wall in the centre. Behind them are a stone and mud-brick wall with a small wooden-framed window and a wooden pole leaning against it at left.
Description, scan 3
A person in a pale headscarf and light dress leans over a large round-bodied pottery jar, working its surface with a wooden stick held in both hands. Several other large jars stand around on the earth floor of an open courtyard, with a smaller jug at right. Behind them are a rubble-stone and mud-brick wall with a shuttered window and a dark doorway, and a round flat object with cross straps hangs on the wall at right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Pottery making, polishing the pot. Cyprus. Crafts. Cyprus, Klirou village, farmstead F. JL 26, PL 26

Swedish, as on the record

Kruktillverkning, polering av krukan. Cypern Hantverk. Cypern Klirou by Gård F. JL 26 PL 26

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)