4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 20cm x 32cm
Description
Portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at a well in the region surrounding Kuwait City. The man is using a rope and a pulley made of wood to haul water from the well. In the background men, women, and children wait by the well with their livestock.
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
2004.130.22912.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Kuwait
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 2-10, 1949
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