3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Half length portrait of a tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin at one of the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. A tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin, wearing a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt), stands in the foreground. Two women and a little girl stand behind him, and in the far background a herd of camels rests on the plain.
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
2004.130.31479.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Ar Riyadh Province [Minţaqat ar Riyāḑ]; Ar Rumhiya [Ar Rumḩīya]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Sahul
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 15, 1945
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