4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Standing full length portrait of a sixteen-year-old boy in the village of Ash Shuqaiq. He is wearing white trousers, typically women's dress but here worn as part of ceremonial attire shortly before his circumcision.
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
2004.130.12369.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Jizan Province [Minţaqat Jīzān]; Ash Shuqaiq
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
June 5-6, 1947
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