Field photograph·JL162

Ethnology photograph J.L. 162 at Lazania

Stone house with a grass-covered roof, rows of drying dark blocks and woven baskets at Lazania
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL162. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone-built house with a flat roof of earth and grass stands on a rocky slope, with a doorway and a basket set on the roof. In the foreground a large area is covered with rows of dark rectangular blocks, possibly mud bricks, laid out to dry. Two woven baskets sit on the stony ground at right, with trees and a hill in the background.

Other scans of this record (3)

  • Stone-walled building at Lazania with a flat roof, and flat dark pieces laid out on the ground in front of it.
  • Stone house with a grass-covered flat roof and rows of flat cakes laid out on a stony slope at Lazania
  • Stone house with a grass-covered roof on a hillside, with flat cakes laid out on the ground in front and trees at right
Description, scan 2
A stone-walled building with a flat roof of earth and thatch sits on a rocky slope, with two small figures seated on the roof. In the foreground a large rectangular area of flat dark pieces is laid out in rows on the gravelly ground, and a dark jar stands at the lower right. Trees and a hillside fill the background at the right and top.
Description, scan 3
A stone house with a flat roof of earth and grass stands on a stony hillside, with a wooden door in its wall and a small stool on the roof. In the foreground, rows of flat dark rectangular cakes are laid out on the ground, and two cylindrical woven baskets lie nearby. Trees and a distant hill fill the background on the right.
Description, scan 4
A stone building with a grass-covered flat roof sits on a sloping hillside, and a small wooden object stands on the roof near a doorway. In the foreground, rows of flat square cakes of material lie on the bare, stony ground, with two round woven baskets beside them. Trees and a distant ridge fill the upper right of the view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus, Ethnology. J.L. 162 Remoneg. 12.305; Cyprus, Ethnology. J.L.162. Copy photograph, photograph by John Lindros. Shows buildings, trees, stones and crafts in a landscape.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. J.L. 162 Remoneg. 12.305

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. J.L.162.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Foto av John Lindros.