3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of vegetation growing on a sand flat in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party stands in the party's camp. In the background large clumps of vegetation grow across a vast sand flat. In the far distance dunes rise to high peaks along the horizon.
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
2004.130.22462.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Wusta Region [Al Minţaqah al Wusţā]; Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat [Ramlat al Ghirbānīyāt]
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 20 - March 4, 1949
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