3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a large open area in the city of Abha. Rows of square one and two storey buildings sit overlooking a vast empty flat. Some of the buildings are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles. In the far distance a line of low hills rises behind the buildings.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
2004.130.31806.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Asir Province [Minţaqat ‘Asīr]; Abha [Abhā]
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 26-28, 1945
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