
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Half length standing portrait of a tribesman of the Duru Bedouin in the Wadi al 'Ayn. A tribesman of the Duru Bedouin stands in the sand facing towards the near left foreground, his face smiling. He wears a plaid cloth wrapped around his shoulders and a checked headscarf tied with an 'agal (head rope).
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
2004.130.22400.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dhahirah Region [Minţaqat az̧ Z̧āhirah]; Wadi al ‘Ayn
Cultural Group
Bedouin Duru
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 8-16, 1949
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