
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Portrait of an Bedouin falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A young Bedouin man with a short moustache bends over a rolled cloth lying at his feet in the foreground. He wears a light coloured thobe (long shirt) and a patterned ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head with an 'agal (head rope). Behind him a vast flat plain dotted with few scattered clumps of vegetation runs into the far distance. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949, during which time Wilfred Thesiger stayed with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Al Ain and joined him on a number of hunting excursions.
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
2004.130.22226.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Ain Region; Al Khatam
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
December 20, 1948 - January 27, 1949
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