
Pyrgi, Chios
Chairetis M.
Colour photographic view of an alley in Pyrgi, Chios, photographed by M. Chairetis on 10 August 1977. Visible is a corner house decorated with “xysta”, the characteristic geometric ornamentation of the medieval village. At the centre, a woman separates chaff from wheat by pouring it from a metal bucket into a sieve and onto cloths spread on the ground.
Item type:
Slide
Date:
10 August 1977
Subject:
Eastern Aegean, woman, ornamentation, road, work, hera, sieve, drying, xysta, settlement, tradition, Pyrgi, wheat, tomatoes


