
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Seated portrait of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. On the left an Arab man with a thick dark beard kneels looking into the left foreground. His hands are clasped in his lap and a coil of rope sits by his knees. Behind him sacks of supplies are piled in the sand. On the right another Arab man sits in front of a cooking fire. He also has a thick beard and keels holding a rifle and a camel stick in each hand. A coffee urn sits on the fire. In the distance beyond shrubs and trees grow on a flat expanse of rocky sand.
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
2004.130.22110.1
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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