
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across a sand dune between oases in Liwa oasis. Footprints lead from the near left to the central foreground where three of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions walk down a steeply sloping sand dune. Three tied camels follow along behind the men. In the right distance a fourth member of the party walks with his camel around a large hollow between dunes. Beyond an oasis of lush vegetation sits in a depression behind a further dune. In the far distance beyond sand dunes rise along the horizon below a hazy sky. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, Al Dhafra and Baynunah sands in November and December 1948.
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
2004.130.22005.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Liwa
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
November 14-29, 1948
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