3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping with Duru Bedouin in the Wadi al 'Ayn. On the left three men stand next to a couched camel. Two of the men are fixing the load on the camel's back. In the centre Mahalhal bin 'Ati, a tribesman of the Al Khamis lineage of Awamir Bedouin, stands with his hands on his hips next to a couched camel. On the right another man leans over a couched camel. In the background a number of Duru Bedouin men stand in an expanse of sand bordered by large trees and bushes.
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
2004.130.22396.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Ad Dhahirah Region [Minţaqat az̧ Z̧āhirah]; Wadi al ‘Ayn
Cultural Group
Bedouin Duru; Bedouin; Bedouin Awamir Al Khamis
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
February 8-16, 1949
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