
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a small village in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. Two stone huts topped with straw roofs sit in the midst of aflat plain. A large pile of earth sits in the foreground, and in the far distance high mountains rise along the far edge of the plain.
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
2004.130.3415.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Al Banah Province [Minţaqat al Bāḩah]; Al Makhwah [Al Makhwāh] - Makkah Province [Minţaqat Makkah]; Thurayban [Thuraybān]
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 4-7, 1946
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