Seated portrait of an elder ... India

Seated portrait of an elder ... IndiaSeated portrait of an elder tribesman from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains. The man kneels in the foreground in front of an ivy covered tree. He wears a long shawl wrapped around his shoulders with a khanjar (dagger) tucked into the waist of his skirt. 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 the distance beyond a large expanse of flat sand runs to the far horizon

walks past a thick clump of vegetation holding a camel stick

On the far right Sahail bin Tahi

It has high arches and a number of wind towers (barjeel) atop its roof

shot by Thesiger to feed them

Two men stand amongst piles of bags and equipment

standing in the party's hunting camp in the sands near Al Ain

with balconies supported by wooden stilts

In the foreground large clumps of qassis (sedge) grow on the steep slope of a high dune

View of cattle traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya

at the festival of "The Incense of the Whole World"

ride camels up a softly sloping dune towards a far ridge