4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Standing half length portrait of a young man of the Duru Bedouin, likely a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. The young man stands with his body turned towards the right. He is smiling. He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) topped with an 'agal (head rope) and dark thobe (shirt).
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
2004.130.25402.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dhahirah Region [Minţaqat az̧ Z̧āhirah]; Masruq - Ad Dakhiliyah Region [Al Minţaqah ad Dākhilīyah]; Al Hubi [Al Ḩubī]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Duru
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 12-22, 1950
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