
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Close up portrait of a porter, possibly from Iran, standing in front of a wall in Dubai. A man with a thick moustache stands facing foreward against a wall. He wears a checked cloth wrapped like a toga around his torso and a patterned ghutra (headscarf) on his head.
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
2004.130.22899.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Dubai Emirate; Dubai City
Cultural Group
Iranian?
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 9 - 24, 1949
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