3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Group portrait of Arab men and boys performing a marriage dance in the Wadi Hali. The dancers are facing forward in a long single file line. Many of the participants are holding long sticks and wearing garlands of herbs in their hair.
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
2004.130.31711.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Makkah Province [Minţaqat Makkah]; Wadi Hali [Wādī Ḩalī]
Cultural Group
Arab
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
June 9, 1945
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