3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells. Many men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys. On the right a herd of camels waits behind the well. In the distance a flock of sheep and goats cross a bare flat plain.
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
2004.130.31605.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Ar Riyadh Province [Minţaqat ar Riyāḑ]; Rumah [Rumāḩ]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Sahul
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 29, 1945
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