Profile portrait of a peregrine ... Africa 2

Profile portrait of a peregrine ... Africa 2Profile portrait of a peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches in profile on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand, facing towards the left. Behind it a pile of blankets lies in the sand, while in the distance low vegetation and a far tree grow on a flat plain. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and January 27, 1949,

He is holding a stick

In the foreground two of the party's camels are couched on the ground

A puffed up peregrine falcon perches on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand with its chest facing forward and its head turned to the right

likely a grove cultivated by local Bani Yas villagers

with a palm tree in the foreground

Two houses or sheds in the foreground

Some of the buildings are tall and square

In the right background heavily loaded donkeys stand beside the well

crouching on rocks

Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead a caravan of six camels across a flat plain dotted with large salt-bushes

View of the town of 'Aynat

Horpa man and woman