
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Group portrait of a three boys and a young man riding a donkey at Ad Darb well. In the central foreground a young man sits on a donkey loaded with large clay water jugs. Three boys stand around him, facing forward. An older boy on the far right wears a long sword over his wraparound skirt and a palm head-dress. In the background a cow grazes on a flat plain.
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
2004.130.31963.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Jizan Province [Minţaqat Jīzān]; Ad Darb
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
June 15, 1945
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