“Meeting in the tent of a great Bedouin leader” – Syrian desert – 1930
A gorgeous photo from yet another collection at the Musee du Quai Branly, this time that of famed French anthropologist Robert Montagne, who studied Bedouin society and culture. The title in French is: “Desert de Syrie — Reunion dans la tente d’un grand chef bedouin de la tribu des Rwalla”.
The young man to the right looks like Fawaz al-Sha’laan, the young leader of the Ruwalah at the time, who often appears in photographs by Carl Raswan dating from the same period.
Thank you for sharing these photos. It is really important to see the people to whom the horses belong!