
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 32cm
Description
Close up portrait of Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting in camp near the Wadi Samhan. Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a tribesman of the Marakhin lineage of Duru Bedouin, sits with his body half facing to the right, his face turned directly forward. His eyes are closed, and he wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) and a dark thobe (shirt). In the background vegetation grows on a sand dune.
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
2004.130.25445.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Ad Dhahirah Region [Minţaqat az̧ Z̧āhirah]; Wadi Samhan
Cultural Group
Bedouin Duru Marakhin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
January 12 - February 3, 1950
© Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford