
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Seated group portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin boys in the Wadi Halfayn. Three young Wahiba boys kneel in a line on a rug lying in the sand. Each boy wears a thobe (shirt) and a headscarf, and the two boys on the outside each have a stick. Behind them small tufts of vegetation grow in the sand.
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
2004.130.22627.1
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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