
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of sand fences along a large sand dune in Liwa oasis. In the right foreground a large bush grows in a hollow on the side of the dune. In the central foreground two sand fences stretch along the top of the dune. In the far distance scattered salt bushes grow on a salt flat (sabkha) bordered by a further ridge of high, wind-rippled dunes.
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
2004.130.17727.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Liwa
Cultural Group
Arab Bani Yas
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 5-7, 1948
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