4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Close up portrait of a curly haired boy of the Mahamid lineage of Duru Bedouin, taken in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. The boy is the son of Huaishil, a man who was one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions and a sheikh of the Duru. The boy kneels on the ground, facing forward. He is wearing a plain headscarf and a dark coloured thobe (shirt), over which the handle of a khanjar (dagger) is visible.
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
2004.130.25577.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dakhiliyah Region [Al Minţaqah ad Dākhilīyah]; Hamrat ad Duru [Ḩamrat ad Durū‘]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Duru Mahamid
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 28 - March 10, 1950
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