Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·JL034

Cyprus ethnology, JL.34

Interior of a whitewashed room with a canopied bed, a hanging oil lamp, a small table and chairs
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL034. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed room with exposed wooden ceiling beams and a flagstone floor. A bed with a white draped canopy and lace-edged cover stands at left, with a hanging oil lamp above it and a wooden chair beside it. On the right, a small table with a checked cloth stands under a barred window, with a chair beside it, and a round woven mat hangs above a wooden door in the centre.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of a village room with a bed, a hanging oil lamp, a wooden door and a barred window
Description, scan 2
Interior of a plastered room with a dark beamed ceiling and a tiled floor. A bed with white draped hangings and a lace-edged cover stands at left beside a wooden chair, and a hanging oil lamp with a round metal shade is above it. A wooden door is centred in the back wall with a woven basket hung above it, and a low table with a checked cloth and a chair stand at right beneath a barred window.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Ethnology. JL.34.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. JL.34.

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