
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Full length standing portrait of a boy standing in the midst of a covered suq (market) in the city of Sharjah. A boy wearing a thobe (long shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) stands in the centre of a market thoroughfare. On either side of the boy merchants wait at market stalls backed by buildings. Above the market a shade canopy made from palm fronds has been erected over the thoroughfare.
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
2004.130.17559.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Sharjah Emirate [Ash Shāriqah]; Sharjah City
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 10-18, 1948
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