4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground men are gathering water from the well for a number of camels waiting behind them. Muhammad bin Al Jabari, a tribesman of the Awamir Bedouin, stands on the right, looking over at the three men sitting on the left.
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
2004.130.22467.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Wusta Region [Al Minţaqah al Wusţā]; Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat [Ramlat al Ghirbānīyāt]
Cultural Group
Bedouin; Bedouin Awamir
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 20 - March 4, 1949
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