
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Full length portrait of a man standing in a Dubai street. In the foreground a man wearing a khanjar (dagger) on a belt over his thobe (long shirt) pauses on a Dubai street next to a tilting fence made of palm fronds. The man has his hands at his side and is leaning on a camel stick. In the background a high tower rises above the fence behind him. Further back another man stands in the street.
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
2004.130.17670.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Dubai Emirate; Dubai City
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 10-18, 1948
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