4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Seated portrait of the sheikh of Al Hubi village. The shiekh of Al Hubi, an older Arab man with a grey beard, crouches in the sand in front of a tree. He wears a thobe (shirt) and a loosely tied embroidered headscarf. He is smiling and holds a stick in his hands.
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
2004.130.25418.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dakhiliyah Region [Al Minţaqah ad Dākhilīyah]; Al Hubi [Al Ḩubī]
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 22-28, 1950
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