Portrait of a sailor climbing ... Alfred Maudslay

Portrait of a sailor climbing ... Alfred MaudslayPortrait of a sailor climbing up the mast of a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. A sailor uses ropes to climb up one of the dhow's masts, from the top of which many thick ropes hang. Further behind him a large striped sail hangs, and on the left another of the dhow's masts is visible. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these images, prints will

The man carries a rifle under his arm and holds the head rope for his camel

A young African sailor wearing an undershirt and a wraparound skirt stands next to a mast

The falcon is looking towards the near foreground

preparing ochre

A group of Mahra Bedouin at Habarut [Habrut]

They all hold onto a thick rope and lean to the left

wearing Arab dress

Below him a sail hangs from the yard

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin

Prominent in the foreground of the photograph are two wagons with horses in harness: the smaller vehicle

and carries a camel stick

In the foreground an Arab man wearing a thobe (long shirt) and ghutra (headscarf) stands on the far left of a rocky slope