3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions watering camels at a well in the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis. In the centre one man pours a leather bucket full of water into a trough for four camels. Two of the camels drink water from the trough, while another two wait for their turn to drink. Two men stand on the left, watching the man pouring water.
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
2004.130.6610.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Al Batin [Al Baţīn]
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
December 16-25, 1946
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