3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party men butchering a camel in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. In the foreground six men stand around a dead camel. They are skinning the camel. In the background a large bush grows in the sand directly behind them.
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
2004.130.22540.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ash Sharqiyah Region; Sharqiyah Sands; Shib al Raqq; Haij [Ḩayy]
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March 7, 1949
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