4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, making a fire in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, is building a large fire out of sticks. A metal pot rests in the sand in the foreground.
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
2004.130.22539.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ash Sharqiyah Region; Sharqiyah Sands; Shib al Raqq; Haij [Ḩayy]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Bayt Imani
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 7, 1949
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