
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Full length portrait of three Awamir Bedouin women at a well near Al Ain. Two women stand beside a third women who squats on the ground. The women wear sheila (head cloths) over their hair and burqa (face masks worn by married women). A camel stands in the background.
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
2004.130.17663.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Ain Region; Al Ain City
Cultural Group
Bedouin Awamir
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 2-6, 1948
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