
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party with a couched camel in the Wadi al 'Ayn, during the party's journey towards the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat. On the right one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions removes the saddle from a couched camel. Two piles of blankets and equipment lie in the sand next to the camel. In the background a few large bushes grow on the flat plain amongst other vegetation.
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
2004.130.22409.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dhahirah Region [Minţaqat az̧ Z̧āhirah]; Wadi al ‘Ayn
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 8-16, 1949
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