4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 32cm
Description
Full length standing portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing on a rock outcrop in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of the Rashid Bedouin, stands on a jagged rock outcrop. He wears a khanjar (dagger) with a cartridge belt and suspenders over his thobe (long shirt), and his long hair hangs down on his shoulders.
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
2004.130.25552.1
Format
Film Negative 35mm
Country
United Arab Emirates
Region
Ras Al Khaimah Emirate; Ras Al Khaimah
Cultural Group
Bedouin Rashid Bayt Imani
Photographer
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date
March - April 1950
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