3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground men rest in the sand around a large tree. Equipment and blankets lie in the sand surrounding the tree. In the distance beyond scattered vegetation grows on low rolling dunes.
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
2004.130.22475.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Wusta Region [Al Minţaqah al Wusţā]; Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat [Ramlat al Ghirbānīyāt]
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 20 - March 4, 1949
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