4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
Description
Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing with a tribesman of the Harasis Bedouin at Boi well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, stands on the left. The two men are standing in front of a cave.
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
2004.130.6755.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
Oman
Region
Al Wusta Region [Al Minţaqah al Wusţā]; Jiddat al Harasis [Jiddat al Ḩarāsīs]; Boi
Cultural Group
Bedouin Bayt Kathir Bayt Ghuwas; Bedouin Harasis
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
January 31 - February 4, 1947
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