
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of the main gate into the walled city of Shibam in Wadi Hadhramawt. In the distance locals walk in front of the large gate through the Shibam city wall. On either side of the gate tall, multi-storey buildings sit along the wall. A high palm tree rises above the city wall.
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
2004.130.3276.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Yemen
Region
Hadhramawt Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩaḑramawt]; Wadi Hadhramawt [Wādī Ḩaḑramawt]; Shibam
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 24 - March 4, 1946
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