3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a village in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the foreground three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party ride their camels along a road, passing farmers' fields edged with low stone walls. In the left background a village of square one storey stone houses sits along the top of a low hill. Further beyond a ridge of high mountains rises in the right background.
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
2004.130.3428.1
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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