3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of two Rashid tribesmen at an encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. The two men sit cross-legged on the ground. They are using daggers to strip meat off bones. These men are sons of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, with whom Wilfred Thesiger and his Bedouin companions stayed during their first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in December 1946.
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
2004.130.6629.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Abu Dhabi Emirate; Al Gharbia Region; Ramlat ar Rabbad [Ar Rabbāḑ]; Bir al Tawil
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
December 24-31, 1946
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