Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·JL312

Ethnology, Cyprus, JL.312

Interior of a traditional house with a timber pillar, mud-plastered walls and a stepped mud structure
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL312. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A mud-plastered room with a timber beam ceiling. A rounded wooden pillar stands in the centre, with a round woven basket hung on it and a low frame of stacked sticks at its base. Behind it, a built mud structure has small steps, and round woven trays hang on the right-hand wall beside a small niche.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of a house with a mud-plastered timber post, a raised mud bench, hanging baskets and a low stool of bundled canes.
Description, scan 2
A mud-plastered interior under a beamed ceiling, with a tall rounded timber post in the centre. A raised mud bench with a recess stands to the left, and round woven baskets and a flat disc hang on the walls. A low stool of bundled canes sits on the earth floor, with a large basket and folded cloth at the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Ethnology. JL.312.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. JL.312.