3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party getting water from the well at Shisr. The men stand in a line in the underground passage, conveying pans of water from the well to the surface. On the far left two men pour water for camels waiting at the surface. At Shisr the well is located far underground at the bottom of the sink hole.
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
2004.130.289.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Dhofar Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at Z̧ufār]; Wadi Gharah; Shisr
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
November 24, 1945
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