Series·Swedish Cyprus Expedition
Troodos, Machairas and village life
104 field photographs · 1927–31
Sites: Klirou, Athienou (Roman honorific inscription)
This series holds 104 photographs from the Troodos mountains and their villages. A large group (31) was taken at Machairas, where the expedition had a house: its terrace and porch with deckchairs, its rooms, and the mountains around it. Another group records village crafts at Klirou: potters shaping vessels with a wooden knife in the courtyard of a farmstead, new pots set out to dry, and a rope-maker twisting net cord. These carry numbers with the prefix JL, the farmsteads are identified by letter, and the museum credits the photographs to John Lindros, the architect who did the expedition's drawing and photographic recording.
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The rest are landscapes, roads and villages in the Troodos and Machairas area. About a third are printed views, captioned in capitals with a quotation from an older writer on Cyprus: weaving, winnowing, a gourd cutter, a mountain stream, the summit of Troodos. One photograph shows a Roman honorific inscription from Athienou.
For the members' life at Machairas see the people and expedition life series; for more village crafts, with the JL photographs from Lazania, see Cyprus 1927–1931: other places and views.
Sources
- Göransson, K. 2012. 'The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, the Cyprus collections in Stockholm and the Swedish excavations after the SCE'. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42, p. 400.
C00148Landscape view from a height, showing a village or town, the sea beyond and farmland between
C00827Machairas: four people resting in chairs on the porch
C00828Dancing couples at Machairas
C00837Mountains, bushes and trees, Troodos Machairas
C00838Monastery at Machairas, exterior, with three people
C00922Kalavasos village
C00933Machairas monastery, from the west
C01593Copy photograph of Kalopanayotis, Troodos mountains
C01706Mountains, trees and a road at Troodos and Machairas
C05984Mountain, building and tree, Machairas, Troodos
C05986Building and construction with a tree at Machairas, Troodos
C06266Building, boats and a person
C06276Mountain, building and tree, Machairas, Troodos
C06279Mountain landscape with trees at Machairas, Troodos
C06280Mountain, building and tree, Machairas, Troodos
C06281Mountain, stairs and tree at Troodos and Machairas
C06282Mountain, building and tree, Machairas, Troodos
C06283The hut in 'Måndalen' (Moon Valley), Machairas
C06284Mountains, trees and a road at Troodos and Machairas
C06285Mountain landscape with trees at Machairas, Troodos
C06286Mountain landscape with trees at Machairas, Troodos
C06288Two men bathing in the forest at Machairas
C06804Landscape with mountain, bush and tree, Troodos Machairas
C06805Mountain landscape with trees at Machairas, Troodos
C06806Mountain, stones and trees at Troodos Machairas
C06807Mountain landscape with trees at Machairas, Troodos
C06808Dark sky during a storm in Troodos, Mesaoria
C06809Landscape in Troodos, Mesaoria during a storm
C08207Mountain, construction and tree at Machairas, Troodos
C08280Woman crouching by a bowl, apparently washing, at Machairas
C08293Landscape with hills and mountains near Troodos
C08295Village with buildings in the mountains, Troodos and Machairas
C08915Potter's courtyard at Klirou, treading clay
C08916Potters' courtyard with new pots, Klirou
C08917aPotters' courtyard at Klirou, new pots
C09749Mountain, buildings and trees
C09755People, a wall and water, Cyprus ethnology
C09756Person and donkey by a wall
C09758Village policeman
C09761Ethnology photograph of a person, an animal and a tree
C09762Ethnology photograph of a person, an animal and a tree
C09764Cyprus ethnology: people, trees and tools
C09834A Matakam village, comparative architecture, Africa
C10051Mountain, buildings and people at Machairas, Troodos
Csn0145Turkish village in the Karpas peninsula, not identified
Csn0146Probably a village in the Karpas peninsula, Turkish village
Csn0148Probably a village in the Karpas peninsula, Turkish village
Csn0904Troodos: snow and trees
Csn0905Troodos under snow
Csn3003Mountains, buildings and trees at Troodos Machairas
Csn3005Mountains, buildings and trees at Troodos Machairas
Csn3006Spring in a mountain valley
Csn3007Anemone time
Csn3008Cactus and almond blossom
Csn3009In the Solea valley
Csn3010Landscape with mountain, bush and tree, Troodos Machairas
Csn3011Building and construction with a tree at Machairas, Troodos
Csn3012Skiing on Troodos
Csn3013Mountain and tree, Troodos Machairas
Csn3014Mountain with trees and plants, Troodos Machairas
Csn3015A mountain stream
Csn3016Troodos under snow
Csn3017Stavros Forest Rest House
Csn3018Steam at Saitta
Csn3019Mouflon (the wild sheep of Cyprus)
Csn3021Troodos forest
Csn3022The cedar forest: mountain, forest and trees
Csn3133Village loom
Csn3134Village loom
Csn3135Weaving
Csn3136Wine jars
Csn3137Potter's stall at a village fair
Csn3138A potter at his wheel
Csn3139Fishing
Csn3140The gourd cutter
Csn3143Vessels shaped with a wooden knife at Klirou, farmstead F
Csn3145Handicrafts at Klirou: dish of fired clay and a windbreak for an outdoor fire
Csn3148Rope-maker twisting net cord, farmstead A, Klirou
Csn3223Table, object and pillar, Cyprus ethnology 232
Csn3224Cyprus ethnology 21: a person sitting on a chair
Csn3225Winnowing: people with tools at an excavation
Csn3226Charalambos: person with a moustache and collar
Csn3227Village priest
Csn3228People, a table and chairs
Csn3229A mountain village
Csn3230Mountain village (Cyprus ethnology)
Csn3231Threshing floor with people, animals and tools
Csn3231aIn the camel khan
Csn3232Dancing the "Ze´lbekiko."
Csn3233Village courtyard with animals, people and stairs
Csn3234House in Athienou
JL015Buildings and trees among mountains at Machairas, Troodos
JL026Pottery making, polishing the pot at Klirou
JL027Turning of vessels at Klirou, farmstead F
JL034Cyprus ethnology, JL.34
JL035Cyprus ethnology, JL.35
JL036Cyprus ethnology: tables, chairs and plates (JL. 36)
JL040Cyprus ethnology, JL. 40
JL128Cypriot craftsmanship, Klirou (JL 128)
JL140Ethnology: table, mirror and chairs, Cyprus
JL156Handicraft: polishing of vessels at Klirou
JL157Modern water jars, farmstead A, Klirou
JL555Two pottery kilns at Klirou, farmstead A
saknarnummer-003Copy photograph: village street with church and staircase
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)