3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Seated group portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. The three men sit in the sand facing forward. Each man wears a khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (shirt) and a headscarf. The man on the left also holds a camel stick in his hand. Behind them bare sand stretches into the far distance.
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
2004.130.22615.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ash Sharqiyah Region; Wadi Halfayn [Wādī Ḩalfayn]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Wahiba
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 20-24, 1949
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