3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing low dunes north of Khaba well in the Suhul al Kidan (Kidan plain) region of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground tracks lead towards the horizon. On a far dune Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions trek towards the horizon.
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
2004.130.6586.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Empty Quarter [Rub‘ al Khali]; Ash Sharqiyah Province [Al Minţaqah ash Sharqīyah]; Suhul al Kidan [Suhūl al Kidan]; Khaba
Cultural Group
Bedouin
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
December 13-18, 1946
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