3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of a tribesman of the Awazim or Ajman Bedouin at a well in the region between Kuwait City and Al Qatif on the Persian Coast. In the foreground a man hauls water out of a well using ropes. Nearby a group of camels wait next to a hawd, a wooden framed water trough. In the background Bedouin stand amongst large flocks of sheep or goats.
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
2004.130.31553.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Kuwait City - Ash Sharqiyah Province [Al Minţaqah ash Sharqīyah]; Al Qatif [Al Qaţīf]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Awazim?; Bedouin Ajman?
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 6-7, 1945
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