Field photograph·JL337

Cypriot clothes chest, so-called sendudzin

Carved wooden clothes chest with a raised panel leaning against the back, against a wooden wall.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL337. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A carved wooden chest stands on carved block feet in front of a plank wall. Its front is covered with raised relief of stylised trees, flowers, vases and vertical bands between borders. A second carved panel, the lid or upper section, rests upright behind it, showing a similar pattern of trees and birds.

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  • Carved wooden clothes chest, so-called sendudzin, with a second carved panel standing on top
Description, scan 2
A wooden chest with a carved front panel covered in stylised trees, flower vases, birds and vertical motifs within borders. A second carved panel stands upright on top of the chest at the back, and the chest rests on carved block feet against a wooden plank wall. The carving is in relief and the dark wood looks worn.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cypriot clothes chest, so-called sendudzin.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypriotisk klädkista s.k. sendudzin.