4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Seated portrait of Mahalhal bin 'Ati, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, eating a meal during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Mahalhal bin 'Ati, a tribesman of the Al Khamis lineage of Awamir Bedouin, crouches in the foreground, placing a morsel of food in his mouth. He wears a light coloured thobe (shirt) and a dark coloured ghutra (headscarf). In the background sand fills the distance behind him.
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
2004.130.22496.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Wusta Region [Al Minţaqah al Wusţā]; Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat [Ramlat al Ghirbānīyāt] - Ash Sharqiyah Region; Sharqiyah Sands; Furai [Furay‘]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Awamir Al Khamis
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 20 - March 4, 1949
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