3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through desert sands during the party's journey from the Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a man rides a camel across sands dotted with a few clumps of vegetation. In the distance a sand dune rises to high crest.
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
2004.130.22442.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dhahirah Region [Minţaqat az̧ Z̧āhirah]; Wadi al ‘Ayn - Al Wusta Region [Al Minţaqah al Wusţā]; Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat [Ramlat al Ghirbānīyāt]
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 14-20, 1949
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