
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. In the foreground a large clump of abal (calligonum comosum) grows in the sand. Members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, ride across dune sands towards a salt flat (sabkha) in the far distance. Baggage camels follow behind the men's mounts on leads. In the far distance beyond the salt flat is a wind-rippled dune with a sheer face.
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
2004.130.17767.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Al Batin [Al Baţīn]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Bayt Imani
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 1-5, 1948
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