
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of an Arab man and woman at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground a man in a loincloth stands in the midst of a busy market. He is wearing a tall straw hat. On the right a woman walks past him wearing a similar tall straw hat. Further beyond crowds of men and women walk through the market.
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
2004.130.31696.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Jizan Province [Minţaqat Jīzān]; Sabya
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
June 11-13, 1945
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