
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a crowd of locals and traders at the suq (market) in the town of Abha. In the foreground traders stand with their baskets of merchandise, surrounded by local buyers. Behind them a large crowd of people and animals fills the town square. In the background two storey buildings fronted with wooden canopies line the square.
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
2004.130.31658.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Asir Province [Minţaqat ‘Asīr]; Abha [Abhā]
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 29, 1945
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