3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of adobe and slate buildings in the city of Abha. In the near distance sits a cluster of one and two storey buildings built from adobe bricks topped with parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles. In the far distance Al-Milha and Al Shada palaces are visible in the background.
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
2004.130.31763.1
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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