
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Close up portrait of tribesman of the Duru Bedouin sitting in a camp near the Wadi Samhan. A middle-aged tribesman of the Duru Bedouin with a long thick beard sits facing forward on the ground, leaning his arm across his knee. His plain ghutra (headscarf) is loosely held in place by a frayed 'agal (head rope) and he wears a khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (shirt). In the background a shrub grows.
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
2004.130.25447.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Ad Dhahirah Region [Minţaqat az̧ Z̧āhirah]; Wadi Samhan
Cultural Group
Bedouin Duru
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
January 12 - February 3, 1950
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