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Field photograph·JL027

Turning of vessels at Klirou, farmstead F

Man turning a large clay vessel at Klirou farmstead F, with a second man standing at a window behind him
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL027. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A barefoot man sits on the ground at right, his arm inside the mouth of a large clay vessel that stands on a wooden board. A second man in dark loose trousers stands by a window in the wall behind, watching. A small bowl lies on the ground at lower right, and rubble stonework forms the wall behind them.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Man seated barefoot working a large clay vessel at Klirou farmstead F, with a second man standing in a doorway behind
Description, scan 2
A barefoot man sits on the ground beside a large clay jar with a handle and a band of raised decoration near the rim, resting on a pair of blocks, and appears to be working on it. Behind him a second man in a shirt and loose trousers stands in a doorway set into a mud-brick wall above a stone footing. Further large jars lie on the ground at the left and right edges of the frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Crafts. Cyprus, Klirou village, farmstead F. "Turning of vessels" JL27 PL. 27

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Hantverk. Cypern Klirou by Gård F "Drejning av kärl" JL27 PL. 27

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