
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions leading three camels in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, during the party's journey towards Al Humrah sands. On the left one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions leads a line of three camels past tufts of qassis (sedge) and other vegetation growing in the near right foreground. In the distance beyond a sand dune dotted with vegetation rises into a low crest below a vast cloudless sky.
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
2004.130.22306.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Ain Region; Al Khatam
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
January 28 - February 7, 1949
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