
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of a man and two boys of the Wahiba Bedouin standing at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands. The two boys are standing on the left, watching the man gather water from the well. The man stands at the edge of the well, holding a rope attached to a leather bucket. In the background a woman walks past a herd of camels.
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
2004.130.22548.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ash Sharqiyah Region; Sharqiyah Sands
Cultural Group
Bedouin Wahiba
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 5-7, 1949
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