3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of rooftops and rooftop shelters in the city of Abha. In the foreground two square rooms with small windows sit atop a roof on a building. The structures are made from adobe topped with parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent erosion of the structures by weather.
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
2004.130.31804.1
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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