3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party gathering water from a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). In the foreground five men stand in a well. Hamad [also known as Hamad al Mahri], a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin, stands in the foreground, second from the right. Behind the well three members of the party pour out water for two waiting camels.
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
2004.130.22728.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Buraimi Governorate [Muḩāfaz̧at al Buraymī]; Jabal Hafit [Jebel Hafeet]
Cultural Group
Bedouin; Bedouin Mahra
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
April 2-5, 1949
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