
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Seated portrait of a Bedouin tribesman at Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A middle-aged man with a thick dark beard kneels in soft sand looking into the near right foreground. He sits with his hands resting in his lap and a camel stick lies in the sand in front of his knees. He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) draped over his head and chest and a worn thobe (long shirt). Behind him some bushes grow in the sand.
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
2004.130.22125.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Ain Region; Al Khatam
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
December 20, 1948 - January 27, 1949
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