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Object photograph·JL201

Cyprus handicraft (JL 201)

Round coiled Cyprus handicraft with concentric rings, hung by a loop against a pale wall
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL201. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A round coiled object hangs from a loop at its top against a plain pale wall. Its surface is stitched into concentric rings with dark stitches running out from a dark centre, and the rim has a zigzag binding with small dark tufts. A small dark object sits on the wall below it, and a dark mark is visible at the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

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Description, scan 2
A circular coiled basket with a tightly wound concentric spiral pattern of light and dark bands, hung by a loop from a cord on a plain wall. The rim is finished with a zigzag edging of fibre, with small dark tufts and loose fragments along the edge. A dark wall socket or small object sits below, and a leaf-like fragment is stuck to the wall at the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus handicraft. JL 201.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Hantverk. JL 201