Woman polishing a pottery vessel Size:medium

Woman polishing a pottery vessel Size:mediumDue 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 far distance beyond small shrubs and bushes grow on a vast expanse of sand

standing in the doorway of a shelter

and many of the ship's ribs stick out over the boat's hull

A boat is moored along the side of the boom

with cattle (and a dog) standing outside

The banners have images of the Buddha surrounded by deities and bodhisattvas

the women's dress will only be discarded at the final ceremony forty days later

The two young men wear flowers in their hair

having already watered their animals there

and further behind a tree grows in the distance

View of yellow-flowering tribulus (zahra) and a sedge (qassis) growing in the desert sands some time after heavy rain

with a man sitting at the coffee hearth and other people sitting along the walls