3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through rolling sands in the vicinity of the Ramlat Unayq, near the Dhahir mountains, north of Al Ain. The party is travelling from Al Ain to Jabal Sumeini. In the foreground clumps of vegetation grow in uneven sand. On the left, two men walk with their camels, while on the right, two men ride their camels. In the far distance a vast rocky plain spreads out below a far mountain.
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
2004.130.17319.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Buraimi Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at al Buraymī]; Ramlat Unayq [Ramlat ‘Unayq]
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 1-10, 1948
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