
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Portrait of a boy of the Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground a young boy stands next to a mud trough holding a stick. Behind him, on the left, two sheep drink from the trough, and on the right a few more sheep stand together. In the distance beyond a flat plain of sand is bordered by a line of trees in the far background.
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
2004.130.22638.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dakhiliyah Region [Al Minţaqah ad Dākhilīyah]; Wadi Halfayn [Wādī Ḩalfayn]; Buraymah
Cultural Group
Bedouin Wahiba
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 24, 1949
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