4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Half length portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, at a well near the city of Sharjah during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to Sharjah. The man, a retainer of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, stands looking into the far left distance. He wears a thobe (long shirt) and an embroidered ghutra (headscarf) topped 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
2004.130.17546.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Sharjah Emirate [Ash Shāriqah]; Sharjah City
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 1-10, 1948
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