Portrait of an elderly man ... Type:stretched canvas

Portrait of an elderly man ... Type:stretched canvasPortrait of an elderly man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. 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.

in which a group of people sits

In the distance behind them lies a vast empty plain

One man stands to the left of the well

Behind him a crowd of people gather around the well

At the centre of the image a musician beats out a rhythm on a large drum

Three large boulders covered in carved inscriptions in the Wadi Ghudun

He is wearing a long white thobe (shirt) topped with a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt and carries a camel stick

In the left background the Sultan Al Kathiri Palace is visible

which is covered with a large high canopy

with a servant

He has a full beard and has his thobe tucked into his wraparound skirt

In the central foreground a group of Arab men stand in an open air market in a city square