Field photograph·JL059

Woman with a broom at Mándres

Interior of a whitewashed village room with a timber-beamed ceiling and a woman standing by a broom at the right.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL059. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed interior with a heavy wooden roof beam and rafters overhead, and a large timber post in the centre. At the right a woman in a long dark dress and headscarf stands beside a broom leaning against the wall, next to a stone-built raised hearth or bench. Wooden chairs, a small table, a hanging basket and a few utensils on the walls, and a large round vessel sit at the left.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of a whitewashed village house with a timber-beamed ceiling, a woman standing by a broom at right.
Description, scan 2
A whitewashed room with a heavy timber beam and rafters overhead and a wooden post in the centre. A woman in a dark dress and head covering stands at right beside a broom leaning on the wall, next to a stone trough or basin. Chairs with woven seats, a low wooden table, a large clay jar on a chair, and a small hanging utensil rack are on the left, with a cat on the floor near the centre.

English, translated from the original record

Ethnology photograph from Mándres showing a woman, a broom and a stove.