4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, resting the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, kneels in the sand next to two metal pots. He is smiling, and leans heavily on the camel stick in his left hand. Salim bin Kabina also has an decorated silver dagger tucked in his belt.
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
2004.130.6609.1
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
December 16-25, 1946
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