3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of Muhammad bin Shuas, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides, riding a camel in the Wadi Mitan. Muhammad bin Shuas, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, is holding a rifle in a leather sleeve across his lap as he rides. A second baggage camel follows along close behind his camel.
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
2004.130.265.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Dhofar Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at Z̧ufār]; Wadi Mitan
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Bayt Imani
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
November 17-20, 1945
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