
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Seated portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin at a camp in the Wadi Halfayn. On the left an elder tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin sits shaded by a tent or canopy erected behind him. He has a thick grey beard and wears a thobe (shirt) and a taqiyah cap. In the centre a young tribesman sits, while at the far right another elder tribesman sits on the ground resting a camel stick against his cheek.
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
2004.130.22624.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ash Sharqiyah Region; Wadi Halfayn [Wādī Ḩalfayn]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Wahiba
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 20-24, 1949
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