
3 0 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 21cm
Description
Portrait of a group of four Sahul Bedouin subduing a camel at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. Four Sahul Bedouin, two men and two boys, work as a team to subdue a camel. The two men hold down the camel's legs and the boys hold down the camel's neck. In the distance beyond a herd of camels rests on a vast barren 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
2004.130.31543.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Ar Riyadh Province [Minţaqat ar Riyāḑ]; Ar Rumhiya [Ar Rumḩīya]
Cultural Group
Bedouin Sahul
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
May 15, 1945
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