Arab falconer Frame:natural

Arab falconer Frame:naturalPortrait of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, sitting astride a saddled camel, holding a peregrine falcon on his left arm. 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.

with a man sitting behind her

as evidenced by his blocked nostrils

In the background another camel stands on the far left

with Mawenzi peak on the left and Kibo peak on the right

Further back a larger dhow and a rowboat are beached in low water

when Wilfred Thesiger stayed at Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain as a guest of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

gathered for a circumcision ceremony

In the foreground a small boat and a large

In the far distance a sheer faced rock mountain (likely Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]) sits below the horizon

poling it forward

dressed in ceremonial robes and wearing a crown

gathered for a circumcision celebration