- Collection type
- Photograph
- Description
- View of wood sellers and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground a trader carries a load of wood on his back. Nearby many sellers stand beside their bundles of long thin poles. In the background locals mill amongst the traders.
- Geographical reference
- Jizan Province [Minţaqat Jīzān]; Sabya
- Cultural groups
- Arab
- Person
- Photographer Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
- Expedition or compiler Wilfred Thesiger Tihamah Saudi Arabia 1945
- PRM source Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
- Date / Period
- Date of photograph: 11/06/1945 - 13/06/1945
- Acquisition information
- Acceptance in Lieu: 03/2004
- Dimensions
- Image dimension 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2004.130.31879.1 Previous PRM number: WT.1945.13.6 Previous other number: 1945/13.6
Search terms: Trade
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