3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands, near Liwa oasis, in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). The men, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, ride camels across a softly ridged dune. Each man's mount is followed by a baggage camel on a lead. In the foreground a few bushes grow on the side of the dune. In the far distance at the left a salt flat (sabkha) lies below a high dune massif rising along the horizon.
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
2004.130.17706.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Al Batin [Al Baţīn]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Bayt Imani
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 1-5, 1948
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