3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Profile portrait of Salim bin Kabina riding a camel in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands. On the right Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sits on his camel, which is walking towards the left. Salim bin Kabina wears a dark thobe (shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) tied closely around his head and neck. In the distance beyond rolling sand dunes stretch out into the distance below a hazy sky.
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
2004.130.22331.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Ain Region; Al Khatam - Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Al Humrah [Al Ḩumrah]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Bayt Imani
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
January 28 - February 7, 1949
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