3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Profile portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a female thoroughbred Wahiba camel near Al Qabil, at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, kneels atop the camel. The camel stands facing towards the left. Salim bin Kabina carries a rifle under his shoulder and holds a camel stick. In the distance beyond date palms grow in the far background.
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
2004.130.22742.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Buraimi Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at al Buraymī]; Jabal Hafit [Jebel Hafeet]; Al Qabil
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Bayt Imani
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 5-6, 1949
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