4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken by an unknown photographer in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Wilfred Thesiger sits in the sand, resting his arm on his knee and holding a camel stick. He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt with leather suspenders over his thobe (shirt) and an embroidered headscarf. Behind him a vast flat plain stretches out into the distance.
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
2004.130.25535.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Buraimi Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at al Buraymī] - Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Ain Region
Cultural Group
European English
Photographer
Unknown
Date
February 28 - March 10, 1950
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