
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Full length standing portrait of a boy and donkey in front of a house wall in Sharjah. A teenage boy stands to the left of his donkey in front of a high house wall. The boy is wearing a shirt and wraparound skirt, and holds a cane in one hand. The donkey's saddle is covered with a thick sheepskin blanket. Behind them the wall is decorated with carved plaster embellishments and plants grow in the courtyard behind. In the far background a barjeel (wind-tower) sits on the roof of the house.
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
2004.130.17572.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Sharjah Emirate [Ash Shāriqah]; Sharjah City
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 10-18, 1948
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