
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of two Sa'ar Bedouin men, a woman and a young boy at Manwakh well. They young boy stands in the foreground, leaning against a wooden frame over the well. Behind him the men and woman are using rope and a wooden pulley to haul water out of the stone lined well. In the background men wait with camels near the well.
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
2004.130.12828.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Yemen
Region
Hadhramawt Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩaḑramawt]; Raydat as Say‘ar [Raydat aş Şay‘ar]; Manwakh
Cultural Group
Bedouin Sa'ar
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
November 20 - December 3, 1947
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