4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Standing half-length portrait of Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Sahail bin Tahi has a large grey beard and wears a cartridge belt with leather suspenders over his thobe (long shirt).
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
2004.130.22492.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Wusta Region [Al Minţaqah al Wusţā]; Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat [Ramlat al Ghirbānīyāt] - Ash Sharqiyah Region; Sharqiyah Sands; Furai [Furay‘]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Mudairiba
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 20 - March 4, 1949
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