
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Standing full length portrait of the Imam of Oman's representative at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. The Imam of Oman's representative, who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger from 'Izz to Al Muwaiji, stands in the foreground facing forward. He carries a rifle over his shoulder and holds a camel stick. He wears a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt), a light coloured headscarf and has a long thick grey beard. In the far background trees grow below a rock outcrop.
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
2004.130.22739.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Buraimi Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at al Buraymī]; Jabal Hafit [Jebel Hafeet]; Al Qabil
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 5-6, 1949
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