3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Sabya in the background. In the foreground a camel is turning a press for sesame seeds. The press consists of a large mortar in which a pestle is rotated.
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
2004.130.12449.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Jizan Province [Minţaqat Jīzān]; Sabya
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
June 13-14, 1947
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