3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of three young boys, named Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin taken in the Wadi 'Aydim region between Mudayy and Harbarut. A young boy stands at the centre, behind him his brothers sit on the sandy ground. Wilfred Thesiger met the boys and their mother, Nura, in the Wadi 'Aydim region near Mudayy.
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
2004.130.3028.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Dhofar Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at Z̧ufār]; Wadi ‘Aydim; Mudayy [Muḑayy]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Bayt Kathir
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
January 21-24, 1946
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