
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of a woman and two men at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. In the foreground a woman wearing a headscarf and veil carries something on her head. Just behind her two men stand holding their hands near their mouths and looking into the near foreground. Behind them traders and shoppers fill the open air market. In the background a row of mud framed shelters sits at the far edge of the market grounds.
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
2004.130.31939.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Asir Province [Minţaqat ‘Asīr]; Qalat Bishah [Qal‘at Bīshah]
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 31, 1945
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