4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. Two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions haul water from a well. Each of the men wears a thobe (shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and a headscarf. A large tree grows over the well, which is topped with a wooden frame and reinforced with branches.
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
2004.130.25581.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dakhiliyah Region [Al Minţaqah ad Dākhilīyah]; Hamrat ad Duru [Ḩamrat ad Durū‘]
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 28 - March 10, 1950
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